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A fascinating video has been made to illustrate the enormity of ocean depths, and it’s giving people the creeps. When you hear about ‘death pools’ found at the bottom of the Red Sea, it’s easy to see why a whopping 95 percent of the ocean remains unexplored.
Of course, the fear of what might exist in the ocean’s darkest recesses isn’t the primary reason humans haven’t explored almost 70 percent of the planet, but it’s certainly a factor to consider.
The vastness of the ocean is truly staggering, invoking both wonder and dread.
While numbers alone about the ocean’s size are impressive, seeing a visual representation of the sea’s vast depths is something else entirely.
A YouTube video by MetaBallStudios presents the incredible scale of the deep ocean.
Beginning in the shallow waters, it highlights both average and maximum depths of oceans worldwide and includes landmarks such as the Eiffel Tower and Burj Khalifa for perspective.
It provides a chilling insight into the ocean’s true magnitude, showcasing Ahmed Gabr’s deepest scuba dive at 332 meters.
It also highlights SAPEI, the deepest submarine cable, located about 1600 meters deep.
The video also covers the average depths of each ocean and sea, with the Atlantic Ocean averaging around 3646 meters, and the Titanic wreck resting at 3700 meters below sea level.
It also demonstrates how Mount Everest would be entirely submerged by the ocean.
Eventually, the video reaches the deepest point in the ocean.
This point is located at the bottom of the Mariana Trench in the Pacific Ocean, south of Japan. Known as Challenger Deep, it is approximately 11,000 meters below the surface.
If Mount Everest were placed in the trench, its peak would still be 2 kilometers underwater.
The deep ocean holds the largest inhabitable space on Earth by volume, yet much of it remains a mystery.
It’s not just about the scale, but also the bizarre features found in the deep ocean.
Hydrothermal vents release water mixed with chemicals at extremely high temperatures and can support life independent of sunlight.
Some theories even suggest that these deep-sea vents’ chemical mixtures may have contributed to the origins of life as we know it.
Our primordial beginnings in the deep ocean have evolved into a world where we now pay rent every month.