![]() The aspect of the life in the ocean that I would like to focus on in It is very real indeed and is just one of the as yet unsolved mysteries Although the Giant Squid may be the stuff of legend, Know to be the world's largest invertebrate, that can grow to at least 60įeet in length, has eyes as large as vollyballs but which has never been seen alive in its' natural habitat. More than half of these were new to science.Īnd finally, consider the fact that there exists a creature in the oceans that we Left to see, one recent study of a deep-sea community revealed 898 speciesįrom more than 100 families and a dozen phyla in an area about half the Weight of 50 adult elephants? And to show that there is still plenty Is the largest known animal ever to have lived on sea or land andĬan reach more than 110 feet and weigh nearly 200 tons - more than the While we make think that the only mysteries left to discover await us onĭistant planets, there are still plenty of wondrous creatures to studyĪnd incredible places waiting to be explored right here in our ownĭid you know that the blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus, Over 99% of the living space on Earth.we are indeed living on what Trench, it is not surprising to realize that the oceans represent The surface all the way down to the very bottom of the deepest submarine So when you consider the fact that life in the oceans can be found from Where that little fish was swimming, and there would still be over a Level and put in on the ocean floor at the bottom of the Marianas Trench, Sense of scale, at that depth you could cut Mount Everest off at sea Of one person trying to support 50 jumbo jets. ![]() The water pressure was more than 8 tons per square inch, or the equivalent "flatfish at the very nadir of the earth" was living at a place where Was a strange looking little fish looking back at them and probably The viewport at a depth of over seven miles (35,802 ft (10,912 m)), Time, they turned on the outside lights and there, in front of When people descended to the deepest part of the ocean for the very first (and last) Regardless of the actual elevation of the land surface itself. ![]() Really only exists in a band perhaps several hundred feet thick. Even the most adventurousīird can only perch as high as the tallest tree. Left alone may dig a few feet below the surface into the rich topsoil.īirds while gliding happily through the sky, must find a place to Various worms, bugs and other creatures that are better Live, you'll realize that they inhabit a very thin veneer of the If you think of where the creatures you can see ![]() Planet we call Earth seems filled with life. Landscape as far as you can see and perhaps you might be lucky enough If you turn around and look at the land on which you are standing, Vast expanse of seemingly featureless ocean that lies before you. Imagine that you are standing on a beach looking out over the Monitoring the Earth from Space with SeaWiFSĪnd why do you need a satellite to tell you?Ĥ: Phytoplankton - All things great and small ![]()
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