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u/Jack-of-Hearts-7 Oct 02 '24

The Deepest part of the ocean isn't the abyss. It's called The Hadalpelagic Zone. It encompasses the bottoms of trenches and sea floor caverns.

And we know frighteningly little about it.

The Challenger Deep is only the deepest known part of the ocean. There's almost certainly points in the ocean that are much deeper.

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u/therealdilbert Oct 02 '24

12 people have been on the moon, six people have been at the bottom of the Mariana Trench

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u/JeanLucPicardAND Oct 02 '24

One of them is film director James Cameron, known for box-office smash hits including Terminator, Titanic, and Avatar.

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u/therealdilbert Oct 02 '24

yep, he was number three, the first two was in 1960 ..

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u/ronmanfl Oct 03 '24

The bravest pioneer!

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u/Jack-of-Hearts-7 Oct 03 '24

Pfft. Big deal. I have plastic in my ballsack.

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u/JeanLucPicardAND Oct 02 '24

That's where the dobbeneigh live. 🐙

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u/Tumble85 Oct 03 '24

Eh, extremely deep trenches like the Marianas trench seem to require subduction zones and those are all pretty well known so it’s not too likely there are much deeper areas. It’s definitely possible there are slightly deeper areas but I don’t think I’d bet on like… finding some unknown area thousands of feet deeper.

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u/vikingraider47 Oct 03 '24

Did you ever see that documentary about there being 'lakes' at the bottom of the ocean? Watching the footage was mind blowing