Check out this eerie 'Jacuzzi of Despair' at the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico

Wednesday, November 2, 2016 - 19:51 in Earth & Climate

They call it the “Jacuzzi of Despair.” The underwater lake, discovered 3,300 feet below the surface of the Gulf of Mexico, is a pit of super-salty water and dissolved methane that kills any critter unlucky enough to fall inside. The discovery was made last year by a San Pedro-based research vessel,...

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