The Bible says Moses separates the shocking deep sea discovery of the Red Sea
Scientists who have been exploring the Red Sea have discovered that the natural death traps in the area are now considered where Moses separates the waters.
The saltwater pool was found to be 4,000 feet below the surface of Aqaba Bay, with water estimated to be 10 times higher than normal seawater. The lack of oxygen causes the pool to kill or shock all marine life that enters it, according to a study published in Nature Communications.
The study also claimed that larger predators lurked near the edge of the pool and caught helpless prey after succumbing to this effect.
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3D rendering topographic map of the Red Sea, North Africa, Middle East.
A research team led by Sam Purkis, professor and chair of the Department of Marine Earth Sciences at the University of Miami, uses remotely operated divers and deep-sea surveys to explore the realm of deep-sea warfare between Africa and the Arabian Peninsula.
The team speculated that the environment caused by these conditions also mimicked the grim conditions of the early Earth, and believed that this was especially true for this location in the deep sea where they speculated that life might first appear.
“Our current understanding is that life originates in the deep sea, almost certainly without oxygen,” Pulkes said.
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Separation of the Red Sea, illustration of the Old Testament, late 19th century, carved by Bequet, Delagrave Edition, Paris. (Deagostini/Getty image)
The study even suggests that these “death pools” may provide clues that help find alien creatures.
The study says this unique ecosystem is one of the most extreme environments on Earth, and it is possible that they resemble conditions found in distant “waters” outside our solar system.
As few organisms survive in saline pools, the sediment layer remains undisturbed and retains archives of past climate change and geological events.
“Usually, these animals biologically disturb or stir the seabed, disturbing the sediment accumulated there,” Pulkes said. “This is not the case in the salt water pool. Here any sediment layer that settles into the salt water pool bed remains Intact.”
Passover is the annual commemoration of Moses, freeing the Jewish people from slavery in Egypt. (iStock)
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He and his team hope that the original conditions will enable them to learn the ancients better Marine conditions and assist them in rebuilding climate patterns and tracking the development of Earth’s ecosystems for millions of years.
Oceanologists have found similar strata in the Mediterranean, Gulf of Mexico and Antarctic oceans, but not at this depth.
