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    A mysterious red waterfall was discovered in Antarctica in 1911 by British geologist Thomas Griffith Taylor and has been studied for over a century. The waterfall, known as Blood Falls, is caused by salty water with a high iron content that has melted through the Taylor Glacier and appears red due to the high concentration of iron in the water. It is the only known location where a glacier supports a hydrological system that maintains liquid water flowing within and at the base of the glacier throughout the year.

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    A mysterious red waterfall was discovered in Antarctica in 1911 by British geologist Thomas Griffith Taylor and has been studied for over a century. The waterfall, known as Blood Falls, is caused by salty water with a high iron content that has melted through the Taylor Glacier and appears red due to the high concentration of iron in the water. It is the only known location where a glacier supports a hydrological system that maintains liquid water flowing within and at the base of the glacier throughout the year.

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    A mysterious red waterfall was discovered in Antarctica in 1911 by British geologist Thomas Griffith Taylor and has been studied for over a century. The waterfall, known as Blood Falls, is caused by salty water with a high iron content that has melted through the Taylor Glacier and appears red due to the high concentration of iron in the water. It is the only known location where a glacier supports a hydrological system that maintains liquid water flowing within and at the base of the glacier throughout the year.

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    Name: Blood fall


    Location: Antarctica's McMurdo Dry Valleys, Taylor Glacier
    Discovered in : 1911
    During the infamous Terra Nova Expedition to Antarctica
    in 1911, British geologist Thomas Griffith Taylor made a
    mysterious discovery at the rocky base of the glacier that
    now bears his name: a waterfall of what appeared to be
    blood.
    Researched for: more than a century (106 years )
    Mystery revealed:

     The lake under the glacier has an unusually salty


    consistency, and because saltwater has a lower freezing
    point than pure water and releases heat as it freezes, it
    melts the ice, enabling the rivers to flow.
     This means that the glacier can support flowing water
    and that this is the coldest glacier on Earth with
    constantly flowing water—though this water is so filled
    with iron that it looks like something else entirely.

    https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/blood-falls-antarctica-explained
    https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/blood-falls-antarctica-explained

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