Cameron Falls

A lucky photographer captured the image of a lifetime - shooting the incredibly rare moment a waterfall turned tomato soup red.

Rochelle Coffey was stunned when she saw the normally crystal-clear water turn deep red over the course of two hours.
The mother-of-two had been visiting the impressive Cameron Falls, in Alberta, Canada, with her husband and had taken photos of the normally clear water for six years.

However, on her last trip she could not believe her luck as she saw the water change colour and witnessed a naturally-occurring phenomenon.

Rochelle and her husband had driven to Cameron Creek, which runs into the falls, following a heavy storm and were shocked to see it was a deep shade of red.

They hurried to the waterfall but the water had not reached it yet.

After waiting for two hours the couple were rewarded with the extraordinary sight of the red water gushing over the rocks, something never seen to that extent by locals before.

The phenomenom was caused by the high levels of rain washing a red coloured sediment called argolite from the rocks and into the water.