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[–]ER777 41 points42 points ago

For those who are wondering it is an outflow of iron-oxide tainted plume of saltwater.

[–]smooshie 13 points14 points ago*

So there's a pool of water with a lot of iron mixed in sitting underneath the ice that sometimes gushes out, and the iron rusts and becomes red?

Edit: Yep, looks like it.

Roughly two million years ago, the Taylor Glacier sealed beneath it a small body of water which contained an ancient community of microbes. Trapped below a thick layer of ice, they have remained there ever since, isolated inside a natural time capsule. Evolving independently of the rest of the living world, these microbes exist in a place with no light or free oxygen and little heat, and are essentially the definition of "primordial ooze." The trapped lake has very high salinity and is rich in iron, which gives the waterfall its red color. A fissure in the glacier allows the subglacial lake to flow out, forming the falls without contaminating the ecosystem within.

http://atlasobscura.com/place/blood-falls

[–]Kevin_Wolf 2 points3 points ago

I was wondering if it was some kind of bacterial bloom or what... Thanks for that.

[–]thatsnotpc 22 points23 points ago

Mother nature's time of month?

[–]CannibalAnn 2 points3 points ago

Thank you. That's better than seal blood.

[–]Trollwake 1 point2 points ago

Seal blood comes from the arctic. We hate the fuckers up here.

[–]ASlutPuppy 1 point2 points ago

really cool. going to jot that down on my list of places i want to visit...

[–]smarty_skirts 6 points7 points ago

Can you imagine being the first person to see this? How macabre.

[–]GeneralRipper 2 points3 points ago

Of course, the real truth is that's LCL leaking out of Adam's vessel...

[–]SnipeCaliber 1 point2 points ago

I honestly thought that this was a painting! o.O Unbelievable!

[–]GringuitaInKeffiyeh 0 points1 point ago

DEMON ICE SHEET

[–]Ermott 0 points1 point ago

What a great place for an Iron mine!

[–]GoLightLady 0 points1 point ago

The tent kind of looks like a rainbow pill bug. Made pretty by the scary bacteria water.

[–]microbeman -1 points0 points ago

caused by bacteria

[–]tk289 -2 points-1 points ago

That's a tent in the spot...light...