#brine pools

[marxm-03]

Late to this thing, but once I saw @montereybayaquarium 's art challenge today I was inspired. Posca pens and jazz really help my mind get working.

Day 3- Glitter

Reference image on the right.

[jellyfishmakeoutparty]

so unfortunate that brine pools are so deadly because I would absolutely hold a pool party in one of those fuckers.

absolutely would be swallowed in the abysmal pool with the besties if I could

[snailfish-enthusiast]

The strange world of brine pools.

Deep under the sea, there are pools of water, separate from the rest of the ocean. Created when water seeps down through the ocean floor, mixing with long buried salt deposits, resulting in these highly saline pools.

The brine itself is uninhabitable for the vast majority of creatures. The lack of oxygen and extremely high salt content quickly sends just about any creature that enters them into toxic shock.

Still, these pools are oases of life on the sparsely populated abyssal plane. The mineral-rich water provides much-needed nutrients to life surrounding these toxic waters.

[themesopelagiczone]

in the deep ocean there are things called brine pools, which are essentially lakes of water separate from the ocean water. they're formed when water seeping through the ocean floor mixes with salt deposits, so the actual brine pools themselves are too salty and too toxic for most things to live in. but because they're so mineral rich, there's a bunch of really cool things living around them!

some examples include mussels, crabs, echinoderms, and sea cucumbers.

oceanx | oceanexplorer (noaa) | la times

photos: nautilus live x | x

[halcyonmirage]

Invented a fish for AVNJ's invent a fish challenge! It's a contest with merch as the prize. Not too determined to win, this was mostly stress relief art for fun. The winners will be announced on a twitch stream, but I'm not sure when.

Been binging this guy's content on youtube recently and decided to join in on this. Finals are killing me, but hopefully once they're done, I can go back to drawing more comics.

Tldr, fish are neat and I invented a fictional one for a fun contest.

[writing-ideas-inc]

Prompt

A group of young merfolk jokingly dare one of their friends to investigate the sealed-off brine pool in the forbidden cavern. When they swim closer, however, they notice something... moving under the surface.

Something big.

- Mod Kat @hacked_prompts on Instagram

[vesselai]

Gamer girl bath water? Non non. Brine pool bath water.

[cinder-draws-sometimes]

MerMay day 12: deep sea simulacrum Revenant. Who the hell put a simulacrum at the bottom of the ocean?

Scientist 1: So we’re coming up on the edge of the brine pool- that wall looks very fragile, if we broke it all that toxic brine would come pouring out- Scientist 2: What is that over the rim? Can we get a closer look at that?