Blood Falls (IMAGE)

Arizona State University

Blood Falls

Caption

This blood-red stain at the snout of Taylor Glacier in Antarctica is the by-product of unique microbes thriving in a salty ocean-like reservoir beneath the glacier.

Credit

Peter West, NSF

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