Blood red waterfall flowing very slowly on Taylor Glacier in Antarctica at the McMurdo Dry Valleys. Geologists first discovered the waterfall was frozen in 1911.Scientists think the red color comes from algae, but it turns out it's a natural occurrence which makes it even more spectacular.
For nearly 2 thousand years, the glaciers Taylor covered under water containing small amounts of ancient microbial communities. Trapped under a thick layer of ice, they were there since then, isolated in a natural time capsule. Existing cracks in the glacier causes subgletser lake flowed out, forming a stream without contaminating the surrounding ecosystem.
Independently evolved in a world of alienation, these microbes live in a world without light or oxygen, and heat is very minimal. The event is called the primordial low flow. The lake is trapped has a high salinity level and rich in iron, which gives the red color on these waterfalls.
The presence of blood flow ecosystems show that life is possible even in the most extreme conditions of earth though.
Thanks to life which was never seen eye directly, the phenomenon of blood flow in the Antarctic Ocean has become incredibly good visually as well as scientific
