Why it's incredible: The brine pool is peppered with the carcasses of animals that were unlucky enough to enter the deadly waters. The "Hot Tub of Despair" is a deadly pool of extremely salty water at ...

An image from the ROV Hercules aboard the Nautilus shows a brine pool with walls made up of barite. NOAA NOAA Scientists say they have found a lake at the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico, but it may not ...

It's called the "Jacuzzi of Despair," and anything that wanders into its depths does not return. Crabs and other pickled crustaceans litter the edges of the toxic pool. The underwater lake, which is ...