The Water in the Pool Was Rainwater
The particular pool Wisshak’s team found was approximately one by two feet and a couple of inches in depth. The water was actually rain that passed through the limestone and eventually collected in one place. And according to Wisshak, “a newly discovered pool in Lechuguilla Cave is about as pristine as it gets.” It took them eight days to survey 4,000 feet of uncharted tunnels. This brought the number of Lechuguilla Cave’s explored tunnels past it’s 150-mile mark. But is this all that this cave has to offer or is there more worth exploring? Only time will tell.