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Post by AdamBomb on Mar 7, 2010 4:35:49 GMT -5
 There is a five-story, blood-red waterfall pouring slowly from the Taylor Glacier in Antarctica's McMurdo Dry Valley. Its back story, at Atlas Obscura, is simply remarkable: Roughly 2 million years ago, the Taylor Glacier sealed beneath it a small body of water which contained an ancient community of microbes. Trapped below a thick layer of ice, they have remained there ever since, isolated inside a natural time capsule. Evolving independently of the rest of the living world, these microbes exist without heat, light, or oxygen, and are essentially the definition of "primordial ooze." The trapped lake has very high salinity and is rich in iron, which gives the waterfall its red color. A fissure in the glacier allows the subglacial lake to flow out, forming the falls without contaminating the ecosystem within.One takeaway here is that life possible in extreme conditions. That said, in the absence of ideal conditions, life can evolve without begetting plants or birds or cuddly mammals or sentient beings who write blogs on the internet; it just begets a glob of ooze. Source: www.good.is/post/science-rules-antarctic-glacier-has-five-story-blood-red-waterfall-of-primodial-ooze/?GT1=48001 |
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Post by Slay on Mar 7, 2010 5:12:15 GMT -5
Guess it's that time of the month.
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Post by eddie eddie on Mar 7, 2010 5:14:07 GMT -5
atleast we know its not pregnant. thats a relief.
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Post by Jimmy on Mar 7, 2010 5:14:16 GMT -5
Rambo goes to Antartica
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Post by Hurricane on Mar 7, 2010 7:24:32 GMT -5
What I find more interesting is the little  ing tent pitched to the left, right next to it? |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 7, 2010 17:31:04 GMT -5
No doubt that'd make a great album cover.
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Post by Johnny on Mar 7, 2010 17:35:24 GMT -5
What I find more interesting is the little ing tent pitched to the left, right next to it? How in the world is a tent so interesting?? |
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Post by extreme on Mar 7, 2010 17:48:56 GMT -5
Keep bleedin..keep keep bleedin love...keep bleedin..keep keep bleedin love..
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Post by The Mountain King on Mar 7, 2010 17:55:24 GMT -5
No doubt that'd make a great album cover. So i wasnt the only one thinking it! |
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Post by AdamBomb on Mar 7, 2010 20:54:52 GMT -5
So I guess no one really read the article... about all of this stuff evolving for two million years totally isolated from the rest of the world?
Am I the only one that finds that **** completely fascinating?
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Post by wecwreckage on Mar 7, 2010 22:34:53 GMT -5
So I guess no one really read the article... about all of this stuff evolving for two million years totally isolated from the rest of the world? Am I the only one that finds that **** completely fascinating? No its pretty neat that something this odd would happen and even though i hate that the glaciers are melting i wonder what else we will see come out in our lifetime. |
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Post by Angel Beast on Mar 7, 2010 22:55:06 GMT -5
crap Vigo the Carpathian is returning quick someone get the Ghostbusters.
Seriously though that is really fascinating I hope they continue looking into that stuff.
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