The Ocean Exploration Trust team consisting of engineers and scientists discovered which appear to be like an underwater lake along the seafloor in the Mexican gulf in 2015.
Out of curiosity, the team sent a means to investigate the pool's deepness but did not expect that it is deeper than first thought of. As a matter of fact, the team lowered a 62-foot line below its 'shallowness' but did not hit the bottom, according to Business Insider.
The massive brine pool was first discovered in 2015 with the use of a robosub. The pool was dubbed as the 'jacuzzi of death' since any living sea creatures, be it crustaceans or fishes, die after lingering in the salty pool for quite some time. The first high-resolution map of the area is about to be created, thinking that it might hold the key to locating life on other planets.
'On the last leg of these seafloor hydrocarbon community investigations, we focused on a larger brine pool dubbed the 'Jacuzzi of Despair,' in reference to its warm temperature (19°C) and high salt content-which can be fatal to many macrofauna unlucky enough to fall in (we observed large dead isopods and crabs that had been preserved along the edge of the brine pool),' the researchers wrote in Oceanography.
Erik Cordes, associate professor of biology at Temple University along with his colleagues discovered the site and published their findings in the Oceanography journal, Mail Online reported. His team used a remote-controlled underwater robot named Hercules.
The following year, Cordes and his team returned using a three-man research sub called Alvin to get a better look at the 'jacuzzi of despair'. The team took some samples of microbial life that can endure the high salt content and low oxygen levels of the brine pool. According to Cordes belief, those sea creatures could bear a resemblance to life on planets in our solar system or far off.
The pool is about 100 feet in circumference is five times saltier than the surrounding making it fatal to its inhabitants. The extreme salt content dislodges the dense brine sneaking inside the pool on the ocean floor which makes a lethal underwater waterfall.
