The mystery of Antarctica′s Blood Falls | Global Ideas | DW
The mystery of Antarctica's Blood Falls Of all the sights in Antarctica, a kind of blood-red waterfall isn't one you'd necessarily expect to find. DW's Global Ideas takes a look at the mystery behind this natural phenomenon. It's a bizarre sight not out of place in a horror or science fiction movie: a reddish liquid seeps out of the side of Taylor Glacier in Antarctica. Blood Falls, as the phenomenon is known, has fascinated scientists since Griffith Taylor, a geologist on Captain Robert F. Scott's doomed Antarctic expedition, discovered it a century ago, according to the US National Scien...