‘Crime scene’ at Blood Falls
‘Crime scene’ at Blood Falls
‘Crime scene’ at Blood Falls – a rusty reddish-brown, stream flows from the Antarctic Taylor Glacier, and into Lake Bonney. Extremely salty water containing iron sporadically seeps through small cracks in the icefall and oxidises instantaneously, giving the liquid its bloody hue – the so-called Blood Falls. Its source, also the object of intense scientific interest, is a sub-glacial lake of unknown dimensions, covered with a thick layer of ice, situated a few kilometres from its small outlet at Blood Falls. It is believed that the lake’s water has been entirely cut off from the outside world for about two million years.
