The chasm was not merely empty space however. Raised like a series of plates stacked on top of one another were spring pools of hot water, uncountable years of built up volcanic minerals forming the walls of the pools before spilling over and forming more as they cascaded down the side of the sloping chasm into the much cooler lake at the base which fed into a small rivulet that went out into the wastes they had just come from. Steam from the source of the springs at the top of the chasm added to the overall fog of the valley behind them, hiding them from the skies but allowing significant sunlight to filter through.