REALLY COOL DISCOVERY
DEEP IN CARLSBAD
CAVERNS.
THIS POOL WAS FOUND
RECENTLY IN THE
LECHUGUILLA CAVE.
OFFICIALS SAY
THE EDGES BENEATH THE
POOL APPEAR TO BE POOL
FINGERS WHICH COULD BE
BACTERIAL COLONIES THAT
HAVE EVOLVED ENTIRELY
WITHOUT
HUMAN PRESENCE.
THEY SAY IT WAS PART OF
AN EXPLORATION IN
OCTOBER WHEN A TEAM WAS
ALLOWED TO GO BEYOND
WHAT'S KNOWN AS THE LAKE
OF LIQUID SKY WHICH WAS
DISCOVERED BACK
IN 1993.
THEY SAY THE TEAM TOOK
SPECIAL PRECAUTIONS TO
ENSURE NO
CONTAMINANT WERE
INTRODUCED INTO THE
POOLS.
THE LAST BIG DISCOVERY
IN THE CAVERNS WAS BACK
IN 2013 WHEN TWO
EXPLORERS FOUND A
HUNDRED BY HUNDRED FOOT
ROOM FILLED WITH
THOUSANDS OF BAT BONES
AND FALLEN FORMATION.
IT'S CALLED HALLOWEEN
HALL AND IS NEARLY 250
FEET ABOVE THE
CAVERN FLOOR.
THERE ARE 118 KNOWN
CAVES AT THE PARK WITH
MANY MORE LIKELY
UNDISCOVERED.
...NEAR RECORD HIGH
TEMPERATURES TODAY...
