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25 Things You Didn’t Know About Antarctica

18-10-2017 < The Daily Sheeple 68 104 words
 


Antarctica Has a Blood-Red Waterfall




Antarctica Has a Blood-Red Wat... is listed (or ranked) 3 on the list 25 Things You Didn't Know About Antarctica Photo: National Science Foundation/Peter Rejcek/Wikimedia Commons This nightmare fuel looks like a deleted scene from The Shining, but is actually caused by ferrous hydroxide, an iron-containing salt. The blood-red salt sludge is basically leaking out of a glacier after a process scientists think took millions of years. Researchers and visitors refer to this horror show as "Blood Falls."


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