Dec. 28, 2025, 4:03 p.m.
In the 100-ft 'Dragon Hole' in the middle of the sea, life not as we know it exists
In the South China Sea, near the Paracel Islands, the aqua-colored waters of an expansive shallow reef platform suddenly gives way to a near vertical shaft of vast darkness – an ocean sinkhole almost entirely devoid of oxygen and, in turn, marine life as we k…
In the 100-ft 'Dragon Hole' in the middle of the sea, life not as we know it exists
In the South China Sea, near the Paracel Islands, the aqua-colored waters of an expansive shallow reef platform suddenly gives way to a near vertical shaft of vast darkness – an ocean sinkhole almost entirely devoid of oxygen and, in turn, marine life as we k…