Antarctica, world's southernmost continent, is also the driest, windiest, coldest, and iciest continent. With temperatures dropping up to -53 degree Celsius.
Because of its location and weather, it is also home to some of the strangest natural phenomena.
'Blood Falls', seen in Antarctica, is the strangest of them all. It remained a mystery for the longest time.
photo: Twitter/nature7paradiseBlood Falls are located in Antarctica's McMurdo Dry Valleys, and the falls pour forth from Taylor Glacier. The liquid bubbles up from fissures in the glacier’s surface.
Blood Falls is a waterfall of vibrant red water that oozes out of Antarctica's Taylor Glacier.
First discovered as a frozen waterfall in 1911, scientists noticed that a part of the cliff had stained dark red. They assumed it was due to algae.
Taylor Glacier formed 2 million years ago, trapping a saltwater lake. The saltwater causes the blood river: iron salts seeping out of the ice turn red upon contact with air.
Researchers believe the lake trapped beneath the glacier was full of microbes. Studying these microbes will be a step ahead for astrobiology.
PHOTO: TWITTER/Evilyn89945347Antarctica is a land of wonders. Apart from the white landscape, you can see Aurora Australis or the Southern Lights. Do you want to visit Antarctica someday?
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