The Insane Scale of the Ocean Explained
Our planet is hiding something remarkable from you. The ocean is vast, and if you dropped Mount Everest into the Mariana Trench, there'd still be over 2 km of water above its peak. Imagine if the ocean were devoid of water and you leapt down to the trench's bottom—it would take 3.5 minutes of free-falling to reach it.
But water is abundant. Earth is 71% water, yet we know little about its seabed. It's a high-pressure, alien landscape, deeper than our tallest mountains. Today, we reveal just how deep the ocean goes.
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Timeline
00:00:The Insane Scale of the Ocean Explained
00:59:The Ocean
03:32:The Familiar World (0-30 meters)
07:05:The Edge of Light (30-200 meters)
09:59:The Deep Transition (200-1000 meters)
13:26:Beginning of the End (1000-4000 meters)
16:34:The Abyssal Desert (4,000-6,000 meters)
20:17:The Final Resting Place (6,000-11,000 meters)