Exploring the Alien World of Brine Pools

Very few humans have ever seen the mysterious brine pools in person. This is an alien landscape of underwater lakes so salty that they kill most fish who get too close. The brine pools, however, are also thriving ecosystems, host to many species, and with a unique microbiological makeup that makes them extremely valuable to study. As the OceanX team worked with the BBC on Blue Planet II, advisor scientists Dr. Sylvia Earle (of Mission Blue) and Dr. Samantha Mandy Joye descended in the Alucia submersibl