Taylor Glacier in Antarctica has been known for the blood-like liquid that pours from it since the "Blood Falls" was discovered in 1911. The eerie waterfall cascades into one of Antarctica's dry valleys—snowless, barren wastes where almost nothing lives. It gets its color from the dietary habits of microbes, which live in ancient seawater trapped beneath the glacier. They draw their energy from iron deposits leeched from the rocks the slowly moving glacier grinds to dust—leaving the water streaked rust red.
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