That fluid is bile, a substance produced by the liver and stored in the gallbladder that aids in the digestion of fats. If youâre suffering from chronic heartburn or have been diagnosed with GERD that is not responding to treatment, bile reflux may be the source of your problem.
Lighthouse Reef as seen from space. The Great Blue Hole is near the center of the photograph. The Great Blue Hole is a giant submarine sinkhole off the coast of Belize. It lies near the center of Lighthouse Reef, a small atoll 70 km (43 mi) from the mainland and Belize City. The hole is circular in shape, over 300 m (984 ft) across and 108 m (354 ft) deep.
This spot gained international fame after the legendary 1980 movie Blue Lagoon, with Brooke Shields as a teenage actress. It was also the location for a spectacular deep dive in 1954 by Jacques Cousteau as one of the first undersea explorers, when it was still called the Blue Hole. Years before, film stars and authors, such as Errol Flynn and Ian Fleming, already frequented the Blue Hole when they lived in nearby ports. More recently, Robin Williams was here during the film shoot of Club Paradise, and Robin Moore reportedly wrote the French Connection here.