This place is situated in Ethiopia and is called … as the danakil Depression.
In Ethiopia in the basin Danakil is the most mysterious place of our planet, according the Spanish scientists. It also recognized the extreme and totally unexplored.
Scientists from the Astrobiology centre in Madrid study basin Danakil. This uncharted territory has attracted the attention of researchers because of biological descriptions of the inhabitants of the basin do not exist, says a member of the expedition Felipe Gomez.
The researchers found that in Danakil there are signs three extreme ecosystems, where temperature is in the range from 42 degrees during the day to 30 at night. In the air, saturated with chlorine, a rare organisms survive, because in it one can burn the lungs.
According to one version of scientists … as the danakil depression formed as a result of collision of lithospheric plates, within which is ongoing volcanic activity. This allows you to recognize the hottest place on Earth. Depression located below the sea level by 100 meters.
The water passes through the lava, feasting upon inorganic compounds, enters into the cavity. It is a kind of unique chemical cocktail. In the resulting three-tier environment inhabited by bacteria-the extremophiles.
The first level is the boiling water saturated with sulfur in a bright yellow color with water temperature over 90 degrees. The second environment is dominated by copper salts in the water temperature of 40 degrees. In the third level of water is virtually nonexistent.
It is inhabited by the inanimate mushrooms, created by iron salts. The study of the chemical composition of the Ethiopian basin continues. After that, scientists will begin to explore the water and rocks, and also to the microbes they contain.
