These strange pink rocks just revealed a hidden giant beneath Antarctica
These strange pink rocks just revealed a hidden giant beneath Antarctica
- Date:
- March 18, 2026
- Source:
- British Antarctic Survey (BAS)
- Summary:
- Pink granite boulders sitting mysteriously atop Antarctica’s Hudson Mountains have led scientists to a stunning discovery: a hidden granite mass buried beneath Pine Island Glacier, stretching nearly 100 km wide and 7 km thick. By dating the rocks to the Jurassic period and matching them with gravity signals detected from aircraft, researchers..
