Still Waters Posted December 7, 2011 #1 Share Posted December 7, 2011 US scientists have mapped the deepest part of the world's oceans in greater detail than ever before.The Mariana Trench in the western Pacific runs for about 2,500km and extends down to 10,994m. This measurement for the deepest point - known as Challenger Deep - is arguably the most precise yet. The survey, conducted by the Center for Coastal and Ocean Mapping (CCOM), was completed to help determine the exact extent of US waters in the region. Read more... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbie333 Posted December 7, 2011 #2 Share Posted December 7, 2011 Amazing is all I can say. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
General Kenobi Posted December 8, 2011 #3 Share Posted December 8, 2011 I wonder if they found Godzilla's summer retreat down there... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xYlvax Posted December 8, 2011 #4 Share Posted December 8, 2011 Spellbinding. It leads you to wonder what crazy fish you might find down there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spud the mackem Posted December 8, 2011 #5 Share Posted December 8, 2011 can someone explain why these guys are wasting their time doing this ?,what are they trying to achieve,who cares how deep this trench is,I have sailed over it a few times,and the ship didnt wobble,so just what is the point,or maybe its gonna be used to dump trash. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fandango Posted December 8, 2011 #6 Share Posted December 8, 2011 (edited) can someone explain why these guys are wasting their time doing this ?,what are they trying to achieve,who cares how deep this trench is,I have sailed over it a few times,and the ship didnt wobble,so just what is the point,or maybe its gonna be used to dump trash. Wasting time????? Knowledge cannot be a waste of time, surely. Some of the most important questions such as "How old is the universe?" are they a waste of time too? Edited December 8, 2011 by fandango Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calibeliever Posted December 8, 2011 #7 Share Posted December 8, 2011 @fandango: word. How many breakthroughs have been made in one area of science because someone tried to answer a question in another area. The pursuit of knowledge is always valuable. Maybe spud wishes we lived by candlelight and stilled walked everywhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diablo_04 Posted December 8, 2011 #8 Share Posted December 8, 2011 It will be very cool to send a robotic sub to explore in that depth, i wonder what kind of interesting living creatures(fish) will they find Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skookum Posted December 8, 2011 #9 Share Posted December 8, 2011 I cant believe how many missions are planned to re-vist the bottom. It is really cool, I hope they find new life forms, there cold be hundreds of un-discovered species. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d e v i c e Posted December 8, 2011 #10 Share Posted December 8, 2011 11 Km!! People used to say '2miles deep' and that sounded quite extreme. It is! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fandango Posted December 8, 2011 #11 Share Posted December 8, 2011 (edited) I think it would be hard to actualy visualise if you were sailing over it but to to put into perspective and mirror it, its about the same as a passenger jet's cruising altitude. Edited December 8, 2011 by fandango Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Khaleid Posted December 9, 2011 #12 Share Posted December 9, 2011 To put things into perspective, check out this link... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skookum Posted December 9, 2011 #13 Share Posted December 9, 2011 To put things into perspective, check out this link... It's incredible, looking at that who would want to be in that Virgin submarine that isn't much bigger than a car and dive to the bottom.....count me out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arko Posted December 13, 2011 #14 Share Posted December 13, 2011 Indeed, we have managed to explore only a meager 10% of the total water bodies on the earth's crust including both their biotic and abiotic characteristics. There could be numerous undiscovered life forms below there, but you cannot expect such things as Megalodons residing at that depth enduring the incredible aquatic pressure. The life forms would most probably be primitive arthropods like clams or shelly creatures (not to be confused with Shelly, though). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timothy Posted December 14, 2011 #15 Share Posted December 14, 2011 How about an underwater alien base? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Supertypo Posted December 21, 2011 #16 Share Posted December 21, 2011 oh man at those deeps findings the descendants of trilobites would be awesome!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rafterman Posted December 22, 2011 #17 Share Posted December 22, 2011 can someone explain why these guys are wasting their time doing this ?,what are they trying to achieve,who cares how deep this trench is,I have sailed over it a few times,and the ship didnt wobble,so just what is the point,or maybe its gonna be used to dump trash. "Fat, Drunk, and Stupid is no way to go through life son," Dean Wormer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug1029 Posted December 22, 2011 #18 Share Posted December 22, 2011 I wonder if they found Godzilla's summer retreat down there... Now we know what happened to Jimmy Hoffa! Doug Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jesspy Posted December 25, 2011 #19 Share Posted December 25, 2011 It will be very cool to send a robotic sub to explore in that depth, i wonder what kind of interesting living creatures(fish) will they find The sub would be crushed to the size of a tin can before it got there. Well megatron survived it so maybe it will be ok lol. I cant believe how many missions are planned to re-vist the bottom. It is really cool, I hope they find new life forms, there cold be hundreds of un-discovered species. There are many species in shallower depths that were just recently discovered. We know more about the moon then the oceans. To put things into perspective, check out this link... wow. My crappy xmas/birthday presents are being dumped there lol. If we dump our spent nuclear waste maybe godzilla will be created lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cassea Posted December 25, 2011 #20 Share Posted December 25, 2011 I actually started having a panic attack when I clicked on that link. It's terrifying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anon E. Mouse Posted December 29, 2011 #21 Share Posted December 29, 2011 Why search for water on Mars when we can't even search our own planets' entirety first? I mean, I love space as much as the next guy, but let's explore the ocean depths, and the various forests around the world first and learn everything there is to know about where we actually live first. I mean, people want to find alien life so bad...there's no telling what we haven't discovered here yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Supertypo Posted January 6, 2012 #22 Share Posted January 6, 2012 Why search for water on Mars when we can't even search our own planets' entirety first? I mean, I love space as much as the next guy, but let's explore the ocean depths, and the various forests around the world first and learn everything there is to know about where we actually live first. I mean, people want to find alien life so bad...there's no telling what we haven't discovered here yet. I dont understand....why "first"? there are people doing this and others doing "the other stuff". Whats the problem? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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