Deep Dark Ocean Floor

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Deep dark ocean floor.

See how these deep sea denizens make the most of their deep dark home. At depths of over 10 000 feet and covering 70 of the ocean floor abyssal plains are the largest habitat on earth. Deep sea exploration has revealed varied landscapes which include volcanoes seamounts hydrothermal vents and cold seeps. The deep ocean is dark very cold and has tremendous pressure from the overlying water.

But despite their name these plains are not uniformly flat. Https youtu be d7edgcxfz8q the ocean covers 70 of our planet. Live in buenos aires is out on december 6th as a bluray digibook 2cd digipak bluray 2cd earbook 3lp get your copy here. In fact there have been more missions into space than journeys down to the greatest depths of the oceans.

The deep sea is a relatively mysterious and unknown part of the earth as only about 1 of the ocean floor has been explored by humans. Sunlight does not penetrate to the sea floor making these deep dark ecosystems less productive than those along the continental shelf. Little or no light penetrates this part of the ocean and most of the organisms that live there rely for subsistence on falling organic matter produced in the photic zone for this reason scientists once assumed that life would be sparse. Scientific research submersibles have explored the ocean s deepest trenches but most are designed to reach only the ocean floor.

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