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SEP Explain Phenomena  The water in Blood Falls cascades over a glacier before reaching Lake Bonney. Why does the water not freeze as it passes across the glacier?
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Because it’s an extremely salty, iron‑rich subglacial brine. Its high salinity lowers the freezing point well below the glacier surface temperature (and the water is moving and fed from a warmer subglacial source), so it stays liquid as it flows.

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