The Mariana Trench

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The Mariana Trench or Marianas Trench is located in the western Pacific Ocean approximately 200 kilometres east of the Mariana Islands, and has the deepest natural point in the world. It is a crescent-shaped trough in the Earth's crust averaging about 2,550 km long and 69 km wide.

 

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[ArmatageShanks]

Hmm interesting read, the hatchet fish really does look incredibly sad.

 

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Hmm interesting read, the hatchet fish really does look incredibly sad.

eerie lonely souls at that depth in the ocean. With that amount of pressure i too would have a 24/7 headache

 

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[ArmatageShanks]

eerie lonely souls at that depth in the ocean. With that amount of pressure i too would have a 24/7 headache

I wonder if, when you somehow catch one of those things and attempt to bring it up to the surface, if it will survive or just pop because of the changes in pressure.

 

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I reckon explode as down there it is trying not to implode

 

[Cray]

Only two manned dives ever to the challenger deep . He might be making a ridiculous number of Avatar sequels but James Cameron has a big pair on him...

 

[Cius]

I wonder if, when you somehow catch one of those things and attempt to bring it up to the surface, if it will survive or just pop because of the changes in pressure.

Depends on their internal structure. The pressure only really impacts on air spaces inside the fish compressing them smaller. So if for instance those fish have a swim bladder air pocket it might expand and explode higher up.

As fish are essentially mostly water and water is largely in-compressible the pressure does not matter all that much. Its more about how does oxygen get into the water at that depth? No light so no algae to produce it.

 

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hahaha yup, crazy.
But at those depths Im pretty sure Mr Camerons nuts are now the size of grapes

 

[3WA]

https://sci-hub.tw/10.1016/j.tree.2009.09.009

Here's an interesting read on hadal sea life. The invertebrates in one of the photos look really weird as well. They have all sorts of weird intracellular chemistry to keep their proteins stable at pressure.

 

[Jet-Fighter7700]

whats interesting, is what happens if you detonated a atom bomb that deep in the ocean.

yes there is a video, but not sure if the water pressure would really have that sort of effect...

 

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https://sci-hub.tw/10.1016/j.tree.2009.09.009

Here's an interesting read on hadal sea life. The invertebrates in one of the photos look really weird as well. They have all sorts of weird intracellular chemistry to keep their proteins stable at pressure.

Awesome article. Interesting to see the temperature increases after 6km down

 

[theratman]

whats interesting, is what happens if you detonated a atom bomb that deep in the ocean.

yes there is a video, but not sure if the water pressure would really have that sort of effect...

Why would you want to do that though? You'd pollute a very sensitive part of the ocean and likely awake the kraken!

 

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awesome link thanx, have bookmarked it to watch tonight at home I find this subject fascinating

 

[3WA]

whats interesting, is what happens if you detonated a atom bomb that deep in the ocean.

yes there is a video, but not sure if the water pressure would really have that sort of effect...

Possibly a tsunami.

 

[LazyLion]

And remember, that's where the Megalodon lives...