BLOOD-RED SNOW cloaks polar station in the Antarctic (PHOTOS)
A Ukrainian polar station in the Antarctic has turned into a horror movie set after the snow around it turned a bloody red. But scientists appear unfazed, offering an explanation for the strange phenomenon.
Photos from the Vernadsky research base were posted on Facebook by the Ukrainian Ministry of Education and Science, which said that the snow had been like this for the past two weeks.
A Ukrainian polar station in the Antarctic has turned into a horror movie set after the snow around it turned a bloody red. But scientists appear unfazed, offering an explanation for the strange phenomenon.
Photos from the Vernadsky research base were posted on Facebook by the Ukrainian Ministry of Education and Science, which said that the snow had been like this for the past two weeks.
Red snow isn’t unique to the South Pole; it’s also encountered in the Arctic, the Alps and other mountainous regions. And witnesses say that it smells like watermelon.
- Source : RT
