Antarctica's 'Blood Falls' is a striking natural wonder, not of blood, but of iron-rich water from a 1.5-million-year-old sub ...

THE mystery behind a “waterfall of blood” in Antarctica has finally been solved after more than a century. Located in the McMurdo Dry Valleys, a five-story deep-red waterfall that ...

Deep in Antarctica, one of the most unusual places on Earth, there’s a bizarre natural wonder that has puzzled scientists and ...

In Antarctica, Blood Falls seeps from the end of the Taylor Glacier into Lake Bonney. Over 110 years ago, geoscientist Griffith Taylor discovered a unique waterfall during an expedition to Antarctica.

Scientists have discovered a link between a mysterious red-stained water flow in Antarctica, known as Blood Falls, and changes in the glacier above it. This unusual phenomenon has intrigued ...

Scientists have solved the century-old mystery of Antarctica's Blood Falls, revealing how ancient iron-rich brine escapes ...

For over 100 years, a rather eerie natural phenomenon mystified us all: No one could figure out why Blood Falls is red. The puzzle was recently put together, though, thanks to researchers out of the ...

Atlas Obscura on Slate is a blog about the world’s hidden wonders. Like us on Facebook and Tumblr, or follow us on Twitter. Roughly 2 million years ago, the Taylor Glacier sealed a small body of ...

A bright red waterfall bursting from beneath the Taylor Glacier in East Antarctica lies right in the middle of one of the coldest regions on Earth. Blood falls is among the most mysterious natural ...

The Blood Falls seeps from the end of the Taylor Glacier into Lake Bonney in Antartica In the wilderness of Antarctica, where the landscape is stark and otherworldly, there exists a phenomenon so ...