Mysterious Underwater River
Anatoly Beloshchin is a photographer with a passion for diving. He traveled to the Yucatan in Mexico for a dive photo shoot. What he discovered was unbelievable!
Cenote “Angelita”
Cenote Angelita
From land, Angelita looks like any an ordinary swimming hole. It’s not until you dive almost 100 feet that the underwater river becomes exposed.
Angelita is a cenote. A cenote is a deep sinkhole formed from the collapse of limestone bedrock that exposes groundwater underneath.
Cenotes are connected to subterranean bodies of water, and often have vast underwater cave systems.
River Forming
Overtime, the deep sinkholes of the cenotes have become filled with fresh rain water.
The underwater river is formed when the fresh top water meets the exposed salty groundwater.
The point where the two waters meet and causes a milky sort of effect is called halocline.The different density levels in the two waters causes them to layer. The result is a breathtaking convergence of two habitats.
Were it not for a diver in the photos, you would never realize the river is underwater. Rather, it looks like a nighttime photo shoot of a beautiful river.
Photos and video courtesy of Anatoly Beloshchin. For more, visit his website at www.tecdive.ru
under water currents are common in oceans, but never heard of under water currents in still waters.
IT IS ABSOLUTELY THE MOST BEAUTIFUL NATURAL UNDERWATER CREATION THAT I HAVE EVER SEEN!!!!!
It’s Hydrogen Sulfide, it is denser than water and very poisonous, corrosive and explosive. That’s why as you can see, there’s no living thin near that location.
There is a tree in the photo…^
That tree is … sadly…dead.
take that sponge bob deniers! if theres real walking fish and Underwater Rivers theres probably also a mermaid man as well!
This is cool. My roommate from college was actually a licensed cave diver and told me stories about how he would sometimes find rivers underwater. I didn’t believe him until he showed me. This is a real mind trip.
Look at the pictures and captions. What would be a more scientifically correct word than “heavier” to use in the explanation?. Explain why the word you choose to replace “heavier” would be the correct word to use to help explain this phenomenon.
How can you tell the person is the photos is really underwater (at least two things)?
Find an additional scientific fact about this amazing underwater river from another source, being sure to cite your source.
The “river” water is more dense than the ocean water