T.Dooley
02-16-2009, 03:31 PM
This is a discussion thread for the following file:<br><br><b><a href=http://www.gearthhacks.com/dlfile31601/Mariana-Trench-Tour.htm>Mariana Trench Tour</a></b><br><br>Deepest part and place of the world's oceans. Mariana Trench and Ridge, with ridge islands and Challenger Deep. The Challenger Deep is the deepest surveyed point in the oceans, with a depth of about 11000 metres (about 36000 feet). The exact depth is unknown. The trench forms the boundary between two tectonic plates, where the Pacific Plate is subducted beneath the small Mariana Plate. The bottom of the trench is further below sea level than the highest mountains in the world like Mount Everest is above it. At the bottom, the water column above exceed a pressure of 1100 atmospheres, 1100 kg/sq cm, 1080 bar, 108085 kPa, 15676 (pound per square inch) psi, over one thousand times the standard atmospheric pressure at sea level. The creatures that could live at these depths are few, as we know by our current exploration of the deep sea's of the earth. On the other hand, the worlds oceans is the biggest and most unexplored part of the earth. It's more than likely that most wild life there, still remains to be discovered. Some fish like the Angler fish and other deep sea fish have been spotted in these waters. Organisms like foraminifera, single-celled protists that construct shells have been discovered near or at the bottom.
http://dooley.dk/ge-Mariana-Trench-Tour-small.jpg
About the "Mariana Trench tour":
Take a tour along the islands that emerge up above sea level along the Mariana Ridge as tectonic plates moves and underwater volcanoes reach the pacific sea surface. Dive thousands of feets and meters below surface in the Mariana trench and swim on to the reef of the islands. Take a dip and a view of the Challenger Deep with info on deep sea fish and organisms, the Trieste submarine diving to the bottom and the original spotting of 'the bottom of the world'. Enjoy! Tour creator: Tom Kjeldsen, created february 2009. Recommended to be viewed as a 'Play tour' in Google Earth (v5+) with terrain/ocean feature enabled.
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http://dooley.dk/ge-Mariana-Trench-Tour-small.jpg
About the "Mariana Trench tour":
Take a tour along the islands that emerge up above sea level along the Mariana Ridge as tectonic plates moves and underwater volcanoes reach the pacific sea surface. Dive thousands of feets and meters below surface in the Mariana trench and swim on to the reef of the islands. Take a dip and a view of the Challenger Deep with info on deep sea fish and organisms, the Trieste submarine diving to the bottom and the original spotting of 'the bottom of the world'. Enjoy! Tour creator: Tom Kjeldsen, created february 2009. Recommended to be viewed as a 'Play tour' in Google Earth (v5+) with terrain/ocean feature enabled.
<br /><br /><img src=http://www.gearthhacks.com/showimage.php?image=112807/920181trench_150x102.jpg>