Just as Earth’s land surface has enormous peaks and valleys, the oceanic world has similarly varied topography. Perhaps the most intriguing of these features is the Mariana Trench — a chasm in the ...
If you liked this story, share it with other people. On July 12, oceanographer and geographer Dawn Wright was sealed inside a submersible, traveling to Challenger Deep, the deepest part of the Mariana ...
The deepest known point in any of the world’s oceans is Challenger Deep, a section of the Mariana Trench that plunges to about 36,070 feet (10,994 meters). It’s an extraordinary place on Earth. While ...