Mariana Trench: What They Found in the Deepest Place on Earth

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The Mariana Trench is the deepest known point on Earth; a place of crushing pressure, freezing darkness, and life that should not exist. In this video, we dive from the sunlit surface all the way down into the Hadal Zone, exploring what scientists are discovering at the very bottom of the sea. ▀▀▀▀▀▀ 0:00 The Deepest Place on Earth (The Mariana Trench) 1:46 The Trench We Didn’t Know Existed 5:10 The Forces That Created the Mariana Trench 7:41 The Crushing Weight of the Ocean 9:31 Who’s Actually Reached It? 13:36 The Descent Begins 15:05 Twilight: Where Light Starts to Die 15:46 Midnight: The True Deep Ocean 16:55 Monsters (and Misfits) of the Deep 19:09 Hadal: The Trench World 21:01 Challenger Deep: The Very Bottom ▀▀▀▀▀▀ If you enjoy cinematic science stories about the strangest corners of our planet, you’re in the right place. Subscribe to ⁨@SeeItFirstHere⁩ for more deep-sea mysteries, hidden worlds and scientific explainers. ▀▀▀▀▀▀ Sources & Credits: A huge THANK YOU to NOAA – most of the deep-sea exploration footage in this video comes from their public-domain work. This documentary wouldn’t have been possible without them. – Deep-sea exploration footage and stills from NOAA Okeanos Explorer, NOAA Fisheries, NASA and other U.S. government programmes (public domain). – Tectonics and Earth animations by EarthScope Consortium (IRIS / SAGE) and ZDF / Terra X / Gruppe 5 Filmproduktion / Scope VFX (including work by C. Götz-Sobel, O. Rötz, M. Zimmermann, Tamar Baumgarten, Maximilian Mohr, Christopher Gerisch, Kay Siering and colleagues), plus plate map by Micheletb based on Prof. Peter Bird’s data, via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY / CC BY-SA). – Deep-sea research imagery and submersibles from Oceanlab, University of Aberdeen (Thomas Linley); IFREMER (Olivier Dugornay, Marie-Claire Fabri, Stephane Lesbats); The Official CTBTO Photostream (Nereus); and Raimond Spekking & Z22 (Deepsea Challenger), via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY / CC BY-SA). – Deep-sea animal photos and illustrations by D. Ross Robertson et al., Isabelle Cheret, Alan Jamieson, S. Johnsen & colleagues / Jan Yde Poulsen et al., Edd48, NTNU Vitenskapsmuseet, (CC BY / CC BY-SA). – Historic expedition and ship images (including HMS Challenger and Trieste) from Naval History & Heritage Command, U.S. Navy, Steve Nicklas / NOS / NGS and 19th-century public-domain sources via Wikimedia Commons. – James Cameron portrait by John Mathew Smith, via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 2.0). – Giant squid video courtesy of Edie Widder and Nathan Robinson. Several images and clips have been cropped or otherwise edited for clarity. The appearance of U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) visual information does not imply or constitute DoD endorsement. ▀▀▀▀▀▀ Music ID: MB7L1OQA3KXPCXAP #MarianaTrench #deepsea #deepseaexploration