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Image of Blood Falls located in Taylor Glacier, Antarctica | Blood Falls pouring into Lake Bonney. A tent can be seen in the lower left for size comparison. Photo from the United States Antarctic Program Photo Library.
Taylor Glacier, Antarctica

Blood Falls

This natural time capsule holds an alien ecosystem

This five-story, blood-red waterfall pours very slowly out of the Taylor Glacier in Antarctica's McMurdo Dry Valleys. When geologists first discovered the frozen waterfall in 1911, they thought... »

Natural Wonders, Watery Wonders, Martian Landscapes, Fascinating Fauna, Wonders of Salt | Edited by matthewwarrenlee, mrobscurity and 4 others

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