Crystal clear water in Venice was seen flowing for the first time due to a drastic decrease in pollution because of the Nationwide Coronavirus quarantine that was enacted in Italy.
Never in the last 60 years has water been seen so clear and beautiful.
... And from the chaos that seems to be happening, there flowed beauty.
OH MY GOD YOU GUYS.
It’s more that the sediment in the water has been allowed to settle out completely for the first time in decades rather then any pollution suddenly dissapearing, if the waters were polluted you’d still be able to see it/smell it. The constant movement of boats and gondolas in the shallow channels constantly churns and resuspends the sediment, something that is quite natural even if it doesn’t look very nice and makes the water very brown. Sediments come in various sizes but sands to clays sometimes take days to weeks to settle to the seabed and that’s finally been allowed to happen!