Scientists who have explored the Red Sea have discovered natural deadfalls in the region that are now the location where Moses separated the waters.
The Pekelpools were found 4000 feet under the surface of the Gulf of Aqaba, where the water is estimated at a maximum of 10 times more saltier than normal seawater and a lack of oxygen causes it according to one Study published in Nature Communications.
The study also claimed that larger predators are lurking near the edge of the Polish to catch the helpless prey after they have succumbed to the effects.
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3D -Render of a topographical map of the Red Sea, North Africa, Central East.
A research team led by Sam Purkis, a professor and chairman of the Marine Geosciences department at the University of Miami, was remotely operated and deep -seater’s rounds to explore the area of ​​deep -sea trenches between Africa and the Arabian peninsula.
The team speculates that the environment caused by these disorders also mimics the harsh conditions of early earth and believes that this is mainly for this location in the deep -sea Where they speculate, life may have emerged for the first time.
“Our current understanding is that life on earth originated in the deep sea, almost certainly in anoxic – without oxygen – conditions,” said Purkis.
The farewell of the Red Sea, illustration of the Old Testament, the end of the 19th century, engraving by Bequet, Delagrave Edition, Paris. (Deagostini/Getty images)
The study even suggested that these “Death Pools” could possibly offer instructions that help search for alien organisms.
This unique ecosystem is one of the most extreme environments on the planet, the study said, and that it was possible that they look like circumstances found on distant “water worlds” outside our solar system.
Because very Few organisms survive The sediment layers have remained undisturbed in the pitchpools and have saved an archive of previous climate changes and geological events.
“Usually bioturbating these animals on the seabed or they disturb the sediments that accumulate there,” said Purkis. “Not so with the Pekelpools. Here, sedimentary layers stay on the bed of the brine bath, beautifully intact.”
Passover is the annual commemoration of Moses that leads the Jewish people from slavery in Egypt. (Istock)
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He and his team hope that the pristine circumstances will enable them to study the old better Ocean conditions and help them reconstructing climate patterns and following the evolution of the ecosystems of the earth for millions of years.
Oceanographers have discovered similar formations in the Mediterranean Sea, the Gulf of Mexico, and The Antarctic Ocean, But none at this depth.
