Day 50 of 365

February 19

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Geography

The Mariana Trench

The Mariana Trench's Challenger Deep reaches 36,070 feet below sea level - deeper than Mount Everest is tall. At this depth, pressure exceeds 1,000 atmospheres, enough to crush most submarines. Despite extreme conditions, life thrives including amphipods, fish, and bacterial mats. More people have been to the moon than have visited the deepest part of the ocean, making it Earth's least explored frontier.

💡 Did you know?

If you dropped a steel ball into the Mariana Trench, it would take over an hour to reach the bottom!

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