FACTS ABOUT THE EARTHS OCEANS

THE DEEP SEA BEGINS AT A DEPTH OF ROUGHLY

1800 METRES AND MORE PEOPLE HAVE ACTUALLY

GONE TO SPACE THAN HAVE TRAVELLED INTO

THESE UNEXPLORED REGIONS

MOST OF WHAT YOU IMAGINE THE OCEAN TO BE IS

ACTUALLY JUST THE INTERTIDAL ZONE. THIS ZONE IS

A VERY SMALL AREA WHERE THE OCEAN MEETS THE LAND

ONCE YOU GO MUCH DEEPER THAN THIS SUNLIGHT

QUICKLY DISAPPEARS AND PRESSURE INCREASES

RAPIDLY. MOST OF THE OCEAN IS COLD, BLACK, AND DEEP

IN FACT, WE KNOW MORE ABOUT THE SURFACE OF

THE MOON THAN WE DO ABOUT THE DEEP SEA

THANKS TO REMOTE CONTROLLED VEHICLES, SCIENTISTS

HAVE DISCOVERED THAT THERE IS ACTUALLY A

SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF LIFE ON THE OCEAN FLOOR

IN MANY WAYS THIS LIFE COULD BE CONSIDERED "ALIEN".

BECAUSE SUN LIGHT DOES NOT REACH THAT DEEP THESE

CREATURES MUST RELY ON ALTERNATIVE ENERGY SOURCES

TWO OF THE PRIMARY SOURCES ARE VOLCANIC

ACTIVITY ON THE OCEAN FLOOR AND ORGANIC

MATERIAL FALLING DOWN FROM SHALLOWER WATERS

THERE ARE ACTUALLY ORGANISMS ON THE OCEAN FLOOR

THAT LIVE IN LIGHTLESS AND AIRLESS WATER AROUND

VOLCANIC VENTS THAT REACH 150 DEGREES CELSIUS.

UNDER NORMAL ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS THIS

WATER WOULD BE BOILING!