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This Mind-Blowing Illustration Shows How Deep The Ocean Is, And It Will Terrify You
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This Mind-Blowing Illustration Shows How Deep The Ocean Is, And It Will Terrify You

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The ocean covers more than 70% of the Earth’s surface, yet we don’t often realize just how truly deep and mysterious it is. National Ocean Service reports that around 95% of the ocean is unexplored, meaning that we really have no idea what lies deep down beneath the surface. Likely inspired by the mystery, Randall Munroe of xkcd decided to draw a comic titled “Lakes and Oceans”, combining both the facts we know about the deep sea as well as humorous details to explain just how shallow our knowledge of the waters is.

Positioned at the top of the illustration, the Great Lakes freighter SS Edmund Fitzgerald sank in 1975 in water that was shallower than it was long (the ship was over 200m long while it was found at the depth of 160m). The illustration also features such elements as the famous RMS Titanic, Burj Khalifa and even stick figures of Freddie Mercury and David Bowie, a clever reference to their song “Under Pressure”! At the bottom of the image, around 10,916 m is the Challenger Deep, the deepest known point on Earth, which is in the Mariana Trench, Pacific Ocean. James Cameron made a descent to the bottom of it on 26 March 2012 and filmed his experience. The door in the picture is fictional, however, as the artist is only implying that Cameron went so deep to reach it, instead of making the descent just for the sake of it.

While Cameron reported only seeing tiny amphipods and no fish, we can only imagine what swims at the rest of the unexplored 95% of the ocean as some creatures found by a Russian fisherman Roman Fedortsov look like monsters out of our worst nightmares.

More info: xkcd.com

Sometimes we don’t even comprehend how deep the ocean is and Randall Munroe shows it perfectly in this infographic

This Mind-Blowing Illustration Shows How Deep The Ocean Is, And It Will Terrify You

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The Great Lakes freighter SS Edmund Fitzgerald sank in 1975 in water that was shallower than it was long

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The vessels that seem lost in the depths of the sea are just at the top of the picture

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The RMS Titanic sank on 14 April 1912 and now lies in two parts at about 3,784 m deep

The illustration also features stick figures of David Bowie and Freddie Mercury, a reference to their song “Under Pressure”

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

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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

Image credits: Roman Fedortsov

Image credits: Roman Fedortsov

As a Russian fisherman, Roman Fedortsov’s photos suggest…

Image credits: Roman Fedortsov

Image credits: Roman Fedortsov

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These creatures are just a taste of what the depths of sea have to offer

Image credits: Roman Fedortsov

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Image credits: Roman Fedortsov

Image credits: Roman Fedortsov

Image credits: Roman Fedortsov

Image credits: Roman Fedortsov

Image credits: Roman Fedortsov

Image credits: Roman Fedortsov

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As a writer and image editor for Bored Panda, Giedrė crafts posts on many different topics to push them to their potential. She's also glad that her Bachelor’s degree in English Philology didn’t go to waste (although collecting dust in the attic could also be considered an achievement of aesthetic value!) Giedrė is an avid fan of cats, photography, and mysteries, and a keen observer of the Internet culture which is what she is most excited to write about. Since she's embarked on her journalistic endeavor, Giedrė has over 600 articles under her belt and hopes for twice as much (fingers crossed - half of them are about cats).

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Giedrė Vaičiulaitytė

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As a writer and image editor for Bored Panda, Giedrė crafts posts on many different topics to push them to their potential. She's also glad that her Bachelor’s degree in English Philology didn’t go to waste (although collecting dust in the attic could also be considered an achievement of aesthetic value!) Giedrė is an avid fan of cats, photography, and mysteries, and a keen observer of the Internet culture which is what she is most excited to write about. Since she's embarked on her journalistic endeavor, Giedrė has over 600 articles under her belt and hopes for twice as much (fingers crossed - half of them are about cats).

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Alia G.
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The ocean... The final frontier... These are the voyages of the Submarine Enterprise... It’s continuing mission to seek out new life and new depths... To boldly go where no one has gone before!

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Gayle Bynum Cardosa
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Being at sea and seeing the creatures out there really kind of changes you. When you're on watch you sit in the wheelhouse. It's dark except for the glow of the electronics on the panels and usually it's just me and one other person (in case one person nods off there's another one to shake you awake). We will have music going and it always feels a little eerie and beautiful at the same time. There are things happening out there that you just know many people will never get to see. You do your watch and then when the sun starts to come up it fills the wheelhouse with an orange or purple glow. It's just surreal. Every one of us is scared of the ocean but it has provided us all with amazing adventures. Superpods of dolphins, flying fish everywhere, whales, Portuguese man-o-wars with their puffy bladder sails, hundreds of basking sharks everywhere...so many that we had to steer around them...huge rays jumping out of the waves, literally hundreds of thousands of jellies. It's great.

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Alia G.
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The ocean... The final frontier... These are the voyages of the Submarine Enterprise... It’s continuing mission to seek out new life and new depths... To boldly go where no one has gone before!

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Gayle Bynum Cardosa
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Being at sea and seeing the creatures out there really kind of changes you. When you're on watch you sit in the wheelhouse. It's dark except for the glow of the electronics on the panels and usually it's just me and one other person (in case one person nods off there's another one to shake you awake). We will have music going and it always feels a little eerie and beautiful at the same time. There are things happening out there that you just know many people will never get to see. You do your watch and then when the sun starts to come up it fills the wheelhouse with an orange or purple glow. It's just surreal. Every one of us is scared of the ocean but it has provided us all with amazing adventures. Superpods of dolphins, flying fish everywhere, whales, Portuguese man-o-wars with their puffy bladder sails, hundreds of basking sharks everywhere...so many that we had to steer around them...huge rays jumping out of the waves, literally hundreds of thousands of jellies. It's great.

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