#They also mentioned a carbon component that I didn't understand because I don't know my o-chem; but would love to

[iamthepulta]

Oh, it's similar but even more fascinating! I went and dug up two papers since the science article writers were vague.

Bacteria article , Crystalline imaging article

It looks like the same process is occurring, but bacteria are fairly complicit; where you typically have a recurring source of oxygen (melting water, oxygenated streams, etc) that naturally oxidizes the FeS, you have anerobic bacteria doing the same process and creating Fe (+3) and SO4 (-2). I'm 99.9% positive there's an ore deposit mineral concentration in the geology under that pool, and wouldn't be surprised if the bacteria are selectively eating Pyrite, Galena (PbS), and Sphalerite (ZnS) but not minerals like Chalcopyrite (CuFeS2) because Cu is harder to oxidize. (Could be mobilized into the Cl brine?)

thank you youtube recommending me a video about the horrors of antarctica for some light evening entertainment. now i can't stop thinking about it

what do you mean there's a red river filled with iron in antarctica. what do you mean there was a hole in antarctica the size of new zealand and it disappeared for like 45 years before randomly reappearing in 2017. what the fuck

fbg was right the sun is the only thing enforcing normality. you get 6 months of the year in the dark and weird shit starts happening