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Blood Falls is the name given to the waterfalls resulting from iron oxide. This name was given to it as a result of its dark red color, which gives it an appearance similar to blood. These waterfalls are located between the banks of the frozen Taylor River in the dry McMurdo Hills in Victoria Land, East Antarctica. The credit for this discovery goes back to geologist Thomas Griffith Taylor in 1911, from whom the Taylor River took its name.
The Taylor River consists of five layers of ice that flow very slowly. Scientists previously believed that the reason for the dark red color was due to the presence of a type of algae, but ongoing research in this field has denied these hypotheses.
The red color of the waterfalls is due to iron oxide, which is formed as a result of oxidation reactions between certain elements present in the region's highly salty water. These elements were stored and isolated in pockets where there was no air or light five million years ago, when the water was higher than its current levels. This mystery opened a window for many researches in which scientists will try to answer various questions related to this type of life that is completely isolated from the world surrounding us.
In the context of strange posts aimed at garnering interactions, pages and accounts on social media published a picture said to show a waterfall with red water flowing from it called “Blood Waterfall” in Antarctica.
But this picture is complex, as “Blood Falls” is a name given to waterfalls in the Arctic that have a reddish color due to the concentration of iron.
The picture shows what appears to be a waterfall of a bright red colour, in an unusual way.
The accompanying comments stated that the photo shows red waterfalls in the Arctic, called “Blood Falls.”
Strange images often appear on social media pages that are said to be natural phenomena. The goal of the promoters of these posts is often to collect interactions on their pages and posts, but many people then re-publish them with confidence.
This “blood waterfall” photo garnered hundreds of shares and tens of thousands of interactions on X, Facebook, and Instagram.
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