Vinterix on Instagram: "Deep beneath the ocean, where sunlight never reaches, lie mysterious Brine Pools — underwater salt lakes that are lethal to most forms of life. These dense, saline waters form their own surface, waves, and even “shorelines.” But entering one means certain death. The extreme salinity and lack of oxygen cause instant suffocation or fatal osmotic shock, preserving the bodies of animals that fall in. Yet, life finds a way. Along the edges, chemosynthetic bacteria thrive by fe