The body of water, which they also refer to as the “Hot Tub Brine Machine,” is a crater-like pool that rises 12 feet above the ocean floor, surrounded by bright red and white mineral deposits.

The brine also contains high levels of hydrogen sulfide and methane, which only certain creatures like mussels can tolerate. Creatures that fall into the Hot Tub of Despair, such as this crab ...

Previously, the closest brine pool located in the Red Sea was found at least 15.5 miles offshore. This pool, however, was found just 1.25 miles off the coast of Egypt. 3.

Scientists have discovered an otherworldly brine lake around 3,300 feet under the surface of the ocean in the Gulf of Mexico.Called the “Jacuzzi of Despair,” the deep-sea pool is comprised of ...

An expedition in the Red Sea found several brine pools that appear to be fed by underwater volcanoes, which may be home to microbes and animals with unique adaptations ...

Scientists recently discovered rare brine pools — dense, salty depressions — at the bottom of the Red Sea, where microbes thrive under extreme conditions.

A small spillover brine pool in the Gulf of Aqaba. From “Discovery of the Deep-Sea NEOM Brine Pools in the Gulf of Aqaba, Red Sea,” by Sam J. Purkis et al., in Communications Earth ...

This stagnant brine pool at the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico is so toxic it kills and embalms any crabs and amphipods that are unlucky enough to stumble into it.