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Antarctic Glacier Has Five-story Blood-red Waterfall of Primordial Ooze
http://www.good.is/post/science-rules-antarctic-glacier-has-five-story-blood-red-waterfall-of-primodial-ooze ^ | Feb 24th, 2010

Posted on 03/06/2010 10:45:51 AM PST by TaraP

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.



TOPICS: Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; Philosophy
KEYWORDS: antarctic; antarctica; bloggersandpersonal; catastrophism; cryptobiology; eltanin; eltaninimpact; godsgravesglyphs; mcmurdodryvalley; taylorglacier
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To: jackibutterfly
AGW is a religion, complete with crying statues. That photo is a fake but gullible people will fall for it and send in their money.


61 posted on 03/06/2010 2:59:21 PM PST by Reeses
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62 posted on 03/06/2010 3:04:34 PM PST by Reeses
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63 posted on 03/06/2010 3:06:17 PM PST by Reeses
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To: jackibutterfly
Yes way, it is real. I will see if I can find the link.

It was in the online version of The Telegraph.

64 posted on 03/06/2010 3:09:27 PM PST by mware (F-R-E-E, that spells free. Free Republic.com baby.)
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To: mware

Search on “crying glacier”. It’s a photoshop hoax but many people fell for it.


65 posted on 03/06/2010 3:26:02 PM PST by Reeses
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To: jackibutterfly

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/picturegalleries/pictures-of-the-year/6867771/Pictures-of-the-year-2009-crop-circles-UFO-sightings-ghosts-and-unexplained-phenomena.html?image=13


66 posted on 03/06/2010 3:27:02 PM PST by mware (F-R-E-E, that spells free. Free Republic.com baby.)
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To: jackibutterfly
Here is the link to all the photos of the year according to the Telegraph.

Some really outstanding photos. Enjoy.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/picturegalleries/pictures-of-the-year/

67 posted on 03/06/2010 3:29:21 PM PST by mware (F-R-E-E, that spells free. Free Republic.com baby.)
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To: Monkey Face

I’m considering carrying primordial ooze, maybe in my breast pocket, for nights on the town.


68 posted on 03/06/2010 7:36:48 PM PST by SunkenCiv (Freedom is Priceless.)
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To: I see my hands
Gaia's Aunt Flo is visiting.

I was thinking the same thing. I'll bet that Gaia would love some chocolate about now!...

69 posted on 03/06/2010 8:03:17 PM PST by fortunecookie (Please pray for Anna, age 7, who waits for a new kidney.)
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To: stormer
You could end up with PSP, or worse.

Sega Genesis? The horror!

70 posted on 03/06/2010 8:46:58 PM PST by Defiant (To bring down a great nation, work to take away everything that has made it great.)
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To: Touch Not the Cat
"Mother Earth is bleeding!"

Terrific ... a fevered, bleeding ulcer.

71 posted on 03/06/2010 9:31:14 PM PST by knarf (I say things that are true ... I have no proof ... but they're true)
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To: SunkenCiv

WHOA! Yah! Think of the fun. You can just throw it out there on the bar and get free drinks all night...bet they can’t guess what it is...
;o]
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72 posted on 03/07/2010 9:10:55 AM PST by Monkey Face (I wear a yellow ribbon for my Army Hero grandson and the warrior goddess of the Coasties)
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To: Reeses

Her mascara is running.


73 posted on 03/07/2010 9:11:30 AM PST by Monkey Face (I wear a yellow ribbon for my Army Hero grandson and the warrior goddess of the Coasties)
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To: TaraP

Chilled red-tide on the rocks.
74 posted on 03/07/2010 9:29:59 AM PST by Rebelbase
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Just updating the ping messages.
Roughly 2 million years ago, the Taylor Glacier sealed beneath it a small body of water which contained an ancient community of microbes.
Eltanin Impact non-ping.


75 posted on 10/26/2013 4:46:01 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (http://www.freerepublic.com/~mestamachine/)
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To: Steely Tom

My first thought was obamatollah would have EPA issue a cease and desist order and begin lawsuits against God.


76 posted on 10/26/2013 4:50:01 PM PDT by newfreep (Breitbart sent me...)
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