in the Marianas Trench has been visited by a remotely operated submarine named Nereus, diving to a maximum depth of 10,902 meters (6.8 miles.) At that depth, pressures reach 1,100 times the atmospheric pressure at the Earth's surface! Wow.
UPDATE: This dive apparently established a world record.
Thursday, June 4, 2009
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