The Pool Was Isolated for Thousands of Years
In June 2020, The Kansas City Star described what the research team had found as a “pool surrounded by white frosted rock, and filled with an odd-looking liquid that resembles thick lime yogurt.” Then, Rodney Horrocks, the Chief of Natural and Cultural Resources at Carlsbad Caverns National Park, explained, “This pool has been isolated for hundreds of thousands of years and had never seen light before that day.”