Deadly 'Jacuzzi of Despair' discovered deep below Gulf of Mexico

[Judi Lynn]

Source: KCTV5

Posted: Nov 01, 2016 10:16 PM CDT
Updated: Nov 02, 2016 6:00 AM CDT
By Andrew Barnett


(RNN) - Exploration Vessel Nautilus went underwater in the Gulf of Mexico and captured footage of a deadly brine pool deep below the sea.

People and animals that swim near the pool are put in extreme danger of death due to lethal concentrations of chemicals.

It is about 100 feet in circumference and 12 feet deep, located almost 4,000 feet below the Gulf’s surface, according to Seeker.

The pool is close to five times as salty as the water surrounding it and contains toxic concentrations of methane and hydrogen sulfide, according to Business Insider.

Read more: http://www.kctv5.com/story/33586653/deadly-jacuzzi-of-despair-discovered-deep-below-gulf-of-mexico

[uawchild]

1. Jacuzzi of Despair!

Thanks for that title, Judi!

Sounds like a sequel or trequel -- is that even a word? -- to Hot Tub Time Machine. lol

[Festivito]

2. 4,000 feet underwater! Swimming? Yeah -- that's dangerous.

Someday it will become a He-man resort.

[snooper2]

7. I can hold my breath a mile down can't you!

[sofa king]

10. Yes, but only once.

[FailureToCommunicate]

3. Spa for Trump supporters?

[Nitram]

4. Would people and anmimals who died in it be preserved forever?

[NickB79]

20. It does say there are bacteria alive in the brine

So likely whatever falls in, will decompose, just more slowly than normal.

[dembotoz]

5. begs the question has it always been there and we never saw it or is this new

and another exciting way we have developed to fuck the planet

[Yonnie3]

6. Note to self: Don't swim 4,000 feet deep. nt

[allan01]

8. reminds me of a title that would have been used on the old voyage to the bottom of the sea series .

[randome]

15. "Sir? Can I see your ticket stub?"

[hr][font color="blue"][center]I'm always right. When I'm wrong I admit it.
So then I'm right about being wrong.[/center][/font][hr]

[allan01]

18. like it.

looks like a disgruntled trump supporter. seriously, i admire any actor who dons a costume like that to act. very difficult. chief sharkey to the control room please .

[MindPilot]

16. How many red frog-suited crewmen have already been sucked into that thing?

[jcgoldie]

11. "People and animals that swim near the pool are put in extreme danger of death due to lethal concent

Wut?

[SeattleVet]

13. If you follow the YouTube link from the video...

there are a good series of videos from the Nautilus explorations of these brine pools. In one they descend below the surface of the brine (thrusters really cranking to get a meter down in the very dense water), then turn off the thrusters and float back to the surface of the brine.

These are mostly from May, 2015...they were doing a live feed of a lot of the project, ad I remember seeing a lot of other really neat things they were finding. Explore their channel if you're interested in this sort of thing...and expect to spend a LOT of time there. Lots of very neat videos.

This year's exploration was along the Cascadia subduction zone. Here's their channel:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1KOOWHthbQVXH2kZue3_xA

[Judi Lynn]

17. Wonderful link. Thank you. n/t

[milestogo]

21. Isn't that the 7th circle of hell?

[burrowowl]

22. Yes!