This Incredible Animation Shows How Deep The Ocean Really Is
Insider Tech・3 minutes read
The ocean's deepest point is Challenger Deep at 35,797 feet, beyond the reach of even the deepest living mammal. Despite the extreme pressure and darkness, exploration missions like the Deep Sea Challenger have revealed only a fraction of the ocean's mysteries, with potentially thousands of marine species yet to be discovered.
Insights
- The ocean's depth at Challenger Deep, explored by Jack Picard and Don Walsh, exceeds 35,000 feet, making it inaccessible to even the deepest living mammal, the Cuvier beaked whale, and harboring unique sea creatures like the fangtooth fish and dumbo octopus.
- The Mariana Trench's depth is so immense that it dwarfs Mount Everest, with its peak submerged over 7,000 feet below the trench's surface. Despite the challenges of pressure and darkness, expeditions like the Deep Sea Challenger in 2012 have unveiled only a fraction of the ocean's secrets, suggesting thousands of marine species remain undiscovered.
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Recent questions
How deep is the Challenger Deep?
35,797 feet below the surface.
What is the Mariana Trench known for?
Extreme depth and unique sea life.
How does the depth of the Mariana Trench compare to Mount Everest?
Mount Everest summit would be over 7,000 feet below.
What was the Deep Sea Challenger mission?
Exploration mission in 2012.
How many marine species are yet to be discovered in the ocean?
Potentially thousands.
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Unveiling the Mysteries of the Deep
- The ocean is incredibly deep, with the deepest point being 35,797 feet below the surface at Challenger Deep, explored by oceanographer Jack Picard and Lieutenant Don Walsh in 1960. This depth is beyond the reach of even the deepest living mammal, the Cuvier beaked whale, and is home to unique sea life like the fangtooth fish and dumbo octopus.
- The Mariana Trench, where Challenger Deep is located, is so deep that if Mount Everest were placed within it, the mountain's summit would still be over 7,000 feet below the surface. Despite the extreme pressure and darkness at these depths, exploration missions like the Deep Sea Challenger in 2012 have revealed a small fraction of the ocean's mysteries, with potentially thousands of marine species yet to be discovered.
