Find the deepest volcano on the planet

Scientists at the British National Oceanic Center have discovered craters at a depth of 5 km in the Caribbean Sea.

Hot water rises from the crater creating a spectacle like smoke.Photo: AP.

AP yesterday reported that a research group on the RRS James Cook ship explored the Cayman trough in the Caribbean Sea by a small remote-controlled submarine. Submarines have discovered volcanoes in the Cayman trough. Located 5 km from the sea, this is the deepest volcano ever found on the planet.

Geologist Bramley Murton, who controls the submarine, said the area around the volcano looks like a scene in a completely different world. Murton and colleagues saw colorful mineral columns and countless microorganisms emitted blue light.

'It's a scene I've never seen before , ' said Murton.

Water in the crater beneath the sea can reach a temperature of 400 degrees Celsius. Streams of mineral-rich hot water are pushed into cold water at the bottom of the ocean, creating an effect like smoke rising and leaving mineral columns High quality. Huge pressure at the bottom - about 500 times the atmospheric pressure - keeps the water from boiling.

The deepest volcanic video on the planet

The environment inside the craters under the ocean is very harsh. High temperatures and pressures combine with toxic metals to create a highly acidic liquid. But underwater craters are the habitats of many animals that humans rarely see - such as blind shrimp, giant white crabs or pipe worms. Scientists are very interested in tubular worms because this animal has no digestive system but still exists.

Chemical-absorbing bacteria can live at the bottom of the crater. They 'feed' hydrogen sulphide gas (H ₂ S) and methane (CH ₄ ) as food.

'For terrestrial creatures, the environment inside the crater is hell, but in reality life still exists within such places. We are finding out why that happened, 'said Jon Copley, a scientist at the US National Oceanic Center.

The team said this could be the hottest crater on the planet. The process of understanding it can help scientists understand more about ocean history, the chemical composition of the ocean floor, the physical properties of 'super-limited' fluids - the liquid has a high temperature. so they have the same characteristics as gas.