Roughly two million years ago, a small body of water containing an ancient community of microbes was sealed beneath the surface of the Taylor Glacier. Trapped below a thick layer of ice, the microbes have remained isolated inside a natural time capsule, in a place with no light, oxygen, or heat. The trapped lake has very high salinity and is rich in iron, which gives the seepage its red color. A fissure in the glacier allows the microbial subglacial lake to flow out, forming the falls without contaminating the ecosystem within. (via Blood Falls, a “bleeding” glacier, is a natural time capsule containing a unique ecosystem)
THIS IS WHERE THE ZOMBIPOCALYPSE COMES FROM!!!
(via adrianzaslona)



