ʻO ka Bloody Falls kahi mea kupaianaha kūlohelohe e hoʻonāukiuki ka poʻe i ke ola ma Mars. E kahe ana kahi kahawai ʻulaʻula koko mai nā glaciers ma Antarctica, kahi ʻano ʻē ke ʻano o nā ʻano paʻakikī. No kekahi manawa lōʻihi, ua kūkākūkā wale ʻia nā kuhi o kēlā hanana, akā i kēia lā ua loaʻa i nā ʻepekema kahi wehewehe no ka hanana kupaianaha.
Mōʻaukala o ke aʻo ʻana o Blood Falls
No ka manawa mua, ua hālāwai ʻo Griffith Taylor i kahi hanana ʻano ʻē ma ka hema o ka honua i 1911. I ka lā mua o kāna huakaʻi, ua hōʻea ʻo ia i nā aniani keʻokeʻo o ka hau, i kekahi manawa ua uhi ʻia me nā kikoʻula ʻulaʻula. Ma muli o ka maoli i ka ʻike ʻia o nā hihia o ka wai i loko o kahi ʻulaʻula, ua manaʻo ka ʻepekema e hoʻopiʻi ʻia nā limu. ʻO kahi mai kahi e puka ai ka kahawai ʻano ʻē ma hope ua kaulana ʻia ʻo Taylor Glacier no ka hoʻohanohano ʻana i ka ʻepekema nāna i ʻike.
Ma hope ma 2004, ua laki ʻo Jill Mikutski e ʻike me kona mau maka ponoʻī i ka kahe ʻana o ka Blood Blood mai nā aniani. Ke kali nei ʻo ia i kēia hanana no ʻeono mau mahina, ʻoiai ʻaʻole paʻa mau ka hanana kūlohelohe. Ua ʻae kēia manawa kūikawā iā ia e lawe i nā laʻana o ka wai e kahe ana a ʻike i ke kumu o ka ʻulaʻula.
Paipai mākou iā ʻoe e nānā i ka Iguazu Falls.
E like me ka mea i hoʻohuli ʻia, ʻo ka hewa ka bacteria, i hoʻomaʻamaʻa e ola me ka ʻole o oxygen i nā hohonu i hūnā ʻia e ka hau. He mau miliona mau makahiki i hala aku nei, ua uhi ʻia ka loko i nā papa hau, i hoʻonele i nā meaola e noho ana i loko o kā lākou ola. Ua aʻo wale kekahi o lākou e hānai i ka hao, hoʻololi i nā hui trivalent i nā mea like. No laila, aia ka nui o ka popo e hoʻohaumia i ka wai o ka waihona i lalo.
No ka hāʻawi ʻole ʻia o ka oxygen ma laila, ʻoi aku ka kiʻekiʻe o ka paʻakai ma mua o nā wai e pili ana. ʻAʻole ʻae kēia ʻike i ka wai e paʻa a paʻa i nā mahana haʻahaʻa, a ke hōʻiliʻili kahi nui o ka wai a ma lalo o ke kaomi, kahe lākou mai ka Taylor Glacier a pena i ka wahi a puni e pili ana i kahi malumalu koko momona. ʻO nā kiʻi o kēia mākaʻikaʻi e mesmerizing, no ka mea me he mea lā ke kahe nei ka Honua ponoʻī.
Aia paha ke ola ma Mars?
Ua ʻae kēia ʻike i nā ʻepekema e noʻonoʻo inā aia kekahi ʻano bacteria i ka hohonu o Mars e hiki ke hana me ka ʻole o ka oxygen. Hōʻoia nā noiʻi ua ʻike ʻia nā phenomena like ʻole ma nā wahi like ʻole ma ka panalā kokoke, akā ʻaʻohe mea i hiki ke noʻonoʻo he pono e hoʻopaʻa i nā hohonu, ʻaʻole ka papa. Ua lilo ka Bloody Falls i mea pīhoihoi, e hoʻouluulu ana i nā manaʻo hou e pili ana i ke alo o nā malihini, ʻoiai ma ke ʻano o nā meaola maʻalahi.
