"There are no boundaries in the real Planet Earth... The persistent tides - the pulse of the sea - do not discriminate; they push against all the varied shores on Earth."
~ Jacques Yves Cousteau |
Ocean Mysteries
https://www.rd.com/list/ocean-mysteries/
OceanfloorSeventy percent of the Earth’s surface is below the ocean, yet 95 percent of it remains unexplored to the human eye.
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Mariana TrenchThis spot in the ocean off the Mariana Islands near Guam is the deepest point on Earth—nearly seven miles down. In comparison, Mount Everest is only 5.5 miles tall. This little-explored area of the sea has only ever been visited by three people: two oceanographers in 1960, and filmmaker/ocean explorer James Cameron in 2012 in the first solo expedition. In the trench, it’s completely dark and only a few degrees above freezing, with intense pressure of eight tons per square inch. But somehow marine life has managed to survive, even thrive, in such an environment.
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BrinicleConcentrated salt water escapes from within the frozen ice formed above the ocean’s surface and seeps into the depths of the water. However, once the concentrated salt goes under the surface of the water, on account of natural processes it freezes and gets formed into brinicles. Brinicles occur in the frigid oceanic waters around the poles.
https://www.marineinsight.com/environment/top-10-amazing-ocean-mysteries-and-phenomena/ |
Underwater Crop Circle
Once regarded to be objects of high intrigue, the underwater crop circles have been explained to be a creative demonstration of pufferfishes’ quests for finding their mates. These underwater circles have circumferences of over six feet and are often decorated with shells and other decorative items found at the bottom of the sea. The underwater crop circles were discovered under the waters of the Japanese island of Anami Oshima.
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