These strange pink rocks just revealed a hidden giant beneath Antarctica

ScienceDaily
Mar 18, 2026, 6:39 am110 ptsTrending
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…

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