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A Red Brine Flows From the Taylor Glacier in Antarctica and Looks Like Blood on the Ice, but the Color Arises when Dissolved Iron Finds the Air and Turns Into Oxidized Particles
A dark-red spot running over the white ice turned Blood Falls into one of the strangest landscapes in Antarctica. Despite the frightening appearance, there is no blood involved: the phenomenon comes from an extremely salty and iron-rich brine that emerges from the Taylor glacier and changes its appearance as it reaches the surface. Why... The post A red brine flows from the Taylor glacier in Antarctica and looks like blood on the ice, but the co…
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A dark-red spot running over the white ice turned Blood Falls into one of the strangest landscapes in Antarctica. Despite the frightening appearance, there is no blood involved: the phenomenon comes from an extremely salty and iron-rich brine that emerges from the Taylor glacier and changes its appearance as it reaches the surface. Why... The post A red brine flows from the Taylor glacier in Antarctica and looks like blood on the ice, but the co…