Sio's Photography - The Pitch Lake
About the La Brea Pitch Lake. Did you know? 🇹🇹🖤
First called ’piche’, the Amerindians believed it was created by the Gods as punishment. Legend has it the lake swallowed an entire tribe after they ate humming birds which were believed were the souls of their departed ancestors.
To date, numerous Amerindian artifacts have been unearthed onsite. Indications of prehistoric life in Trinidad and Tobago have also been found – the rib and thigh of a giant sloth, along with a tooth identified as belonging to a mastodon.
A recent study connected to the European Space Agency, discovered there are living microbes beneath the asphalt’s surface, which may one day help answer the question whether or not life exists on other planets.
Its asphalt has been used to pave roads and airport runways around the world, including the roadway in front of Buckingham Palace in England
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