Since visitors to this blog enjoy a spot of the bizarre now and again, here is another for the collection -- Blood Falls, on the flank of the Taylor Glacier in Antarctica.
Apparently the red colouring comes from iron-rich water issuing from the glacier in an area of very high evaporation. As the water evaporates the salts are concentrated, and they also become rust-coloured as a result of oxidation. Very interesting......
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