Deep in the Atlantic’s shadowy depths sits the Lost City—a bizarre alien landscape of towering white carbonate chimneys that look like giant frozen asparagus spears lit by an underwater rave. This hydrothermal wonder has been quietly venting hydrogen and methane for over 120,000 years, hosting weird microbes and critters that thrive without sunlight or oxygen, making scientists wonder if life itself kicked off in a place just like this (or maybe still is on Europa). Too bad Poland’s eyeing the neighborhood for mining rights—because nothing says “priceless natural miracle” like turning it into an underwater quarry.
‘Lost City’ Deep Beneath The Ocean Is Unlike Anything Seen Before on Earth
