The Only Water on Earth Without Life

When it comes to water on Earth, life finds a way. Even in the hottest, most acidic, and saltiest waters in the world, odds are you'll find some kind of organism adapted to live in it. There is, however, a place with water so extremely inhospitable that no native life has ever been found there.

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