That subterranean world, Onstott said, is a lightless pool of hot, pressurized salt water that stinks of sulfur and noxious gases humans would find unbreathable.
The power of evolution means that animals have been able to adapt to life almost anywhere, from lightless water-filled caves in Texas to rocks off the coast of Australia.
It was there all right, the chromium and glossy paint shining a little even in the dark, and the red reflector glass of the tail-lights shining back at the pencil flash. It was there, silent, lightless, all the doors shut.