Still Waters Posted April 26, 2017 #1 Share Posted April 26, 2017 Blood Falls may sound like the title of a thriller novel, but it's actually an Antarctic mystery that has puzzled scientists for over a century. The origin of the blood-red water that flows from Taylor Glacier in East Antarctica has puzzled explorers since it was first seen in 1911, but researchers from the University of Alaska Fairbanks and Colorado College say that they have discovered the source. http://newatlas.com/million-year-blood-falls/49204/ 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
switchopens Posted April 26, 2017 #2 Share Posted April 26, 2017 Yay science! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parsec Posted April 26, 2017 #3 Share Posted April 26, 2017 Whichever the reason, it has to be a wonder to witness live 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sundew Posted April 26, 2017 #4 Share Posted April 26, 2017 When "Light days" just won't do..... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DieChecker Posted April 27, 2017 #5 Share Posted April 27, 2017 I'm wondering what the thing on the far lower left is in the pic UM used for their news article... Looks like a ball, or maybe some kind of buoy. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timewarrior Posted April 27, 2017 #6 Share Posted April 27, 2017 I still say it's witchcraft. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeastieRunner Posted April 27, 2017 #7 Share Posted April 27, 2017 9 hours ago, DieChecker said: I'm wondering what the thing on the far lower left is in the pic UM used for their news article... Looks like a ball, or maybe some kind of buoy. Glad I'm not the only one ... looks like a buoy to me. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crystal sage Posted May 18, 2017 #8 Share Posted May 18, 2017 This bit is interesting... https://www.deviantworld.com/world/travelling/blood-falls-antarctica/2/ Quote A unique ecosystem. The spectacular Blood Falls of Antarctica! Chemical and microbial analyses both indicate that a rare subglacial ecosystem of autotrophic bacteria developed that metabolizes sulfate and ferric ions. According to geomicrobiologist Jill Mikucki at the University of Tennessee, water samples from Blood Falls contained at least 17 different types of microbes, and almost no oxygen. An explanation may be that the microbes use sulfate as a catalyst to respire with ferric ions and metabolize the trace levels of organic matter trapped with them. Such a metabolic process had never before been observed in nature. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DieChecker Posted May 18, 2017 #9 Share Posted May 18, 2017 This has me thinking about the various icy moons and dwarf planets.... Some say that there'd be no life there, because of no sunlight, and no surface oxygen source. But right here under these glaciers we have almost the same environment, no sunlight, no oxygen... and it has many different types of microbes living in it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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