Sometimes we don’t even comprehend how deep the ocean is and Randall Munroe shows it perfectly in this infographic
The Great Lakes freighter SS Edmund Fitzgerald sank in 1975 in water that was shallower than it was long
The vessels that seem lost in the depths of the sea are just at the top of the picture
The RMS Titanic sank on 14 April 1912 and now lies in two parts at about 3,784 m deep
Only 5% of the ocean is explored, leaving the rest of it a mystery with only glimpses of what lies beneath the surface
The deepest known point on Earth, the Challenger Deep, is in the Mariana Trench, at about 10,916 m
James Cameron made a descent to the bottom of it on 26 March 2012
Although he only reported seeing tiny amphipods and no fish, we can only imagine what creatures swim within the depths
As a Russian fisherman, Roman Fedortsov’s photos suggest…
These creatures are just a taste of what the depths of sea have to offer
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