You will be amazed at the deepest place in the oceans

If you are a dive fanatic or enjoy the deep mysteries of the oceans, you can't help but check out a very sinister place that exists on planet Earth. Located in the Pacific Ocean (near the Mariana Islands, on the border between the Pacific and Philippine tectonic plates), the site is called the Mariana Trench, reaching a depth of 11, 034 meters.

The man first arrived at this location in 1960, using a batiscafo - a deepwater submersible vehicle capable of withstanding intense pressure - with only two divers. After that, the subject was a little forgotten, until in 1995 a submarine robot began to explore the place again, being set aside again.

Behold, on March 25, 2012, the distinguished and award-winning Hollywood filmmaker James Cameron, responsible for the box office hits Titanic, Avatar, Terminator, The Secret of the Abyss, etc., set out on an expedition and plunged into the deepest depths of the planet, fulfilling a childhood dream in “Deep Sea Challenge, ” a documentary that accompanies the director on a wild dive into the Mariana Trench.

At the time, James spent three hours on site inside a steel ball-like cockpit, only 109 centimeters in diameter, collecting samples and recording videos with various high-resolution 3D cameras. When he reached the depth of 10, 848 meters, he wasted no time and published about the fact on Twitter: “I just reached the deepest point of the ocean. Reaching the lowest point has never been so good. I can't wait to share what I'm seeing with you. ”

A very old place ...

Currently, the Mariana Trench is one of the least explored places by humans, because the relief of the place is totally rugged, where you can see some platforms, underwater plains, mountain ranges, among other deformities. According to some studies, the place was formed between 6 and 9 million years ago - far ... Far away.

Possible cemetery of nuclear waste

Similar to other ocean trenches, the Mariana Trench has been suggested to act as a nuclear waste storage site, with the hope that subduction of tectonic plates occurring on site may eventually cause nuclear waste to enter. in the cloak of the earth. However, the disposal of nuclear waste in the ocean is prohibited by international law.

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