Aesthetically Arrested

Untouched water as old as 2.6 billion years is found: Don’t drink it

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By Deborah Netburn

Nearly 1.5 miles beneath Earth’s surface, scientists have discovered pockets of water that have remained in isolation for more than a billion years.

What you see in that picture above is probably some of the oldest water on the planet, and scientists say it could be teeming with microscopic life.

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