Expedition in the big blue hole of Belize

The Great Blue Hole of Belize, a country in the Caribbean. It is one of the most questionable regions of the world. As a result, a group of scientists and researchers went there and revealed incredible scientific discoveries.

This heavenly place is the largest and deepest sink in the world, with 300 meters in diameter and approximately 125 meters deep. It is located near the reef of the lighthouse, an atoll about 100 kilometers from the coast of Belize. There was the expedition commanded by British business mogul Richard Branson and Fabien Cousteau, grandson of Jacques Cousteau, a researcher who studied the sea and various forms of life known in the water . Jacques was one of the first to put the large sink on the map. The group arrived on the site in December and, thanks to the use of two submarines, managed to capture images and create a three-dimensional map of its interior.

Oceanographer and Chief Operating Officer Erika Bergman said one of the most important discoveries was stalactites, a type of mineral in the form of ice cubes (a cone shaped piece of ice that forms when gel). "It was pretty exciting, because they had not been mapped before, nothing was discovered in the area.The hydrogen sulphide layer is one of the strange things about the hole," said Bergman, adding that the experience "was incredible".

On the other hand, he said that the more they immersed themselves in the hole, the more the light was cut off and the divers remained in the dark: "All the sunlight is lost and everything becomes black, but the high resolution sonar clarifies everything.There, it's totally anoxic. "

A space without human impact

"Basically, there were two small pieces of plastic and, apart from that, everything was very clear," said the chief of operations. In this way, the Great Blue Hole is one of the few places that has not suffered a human impact.

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