Instead of water, some lakes are filled with the gooey petroleum substance kno...  ...illed with the gooey petroleum substance known as asphalt , tar, or bitumen. It forms when crude oil thicken...  ...ich is why animals can be trapped in it. At Pitch Lake in Trinidad, you can w...

Around boiling undersea hydrothermal vents? Inside...  ...place where you can find (microbial) life: a hot asphalt lake .Pitch Lake is a poisonous, foul smelling, hell hole on the C...  ...the Caribbean island of Trinidad and Tobago. The lake is filled with hot *strong class...