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Bottom of the Ocean (mander.xyz)
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[–] [email protected] 32 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (3 children)

Wrong.

The bottom of the ocean is gonna be sand or dirt or rock. Possibly all of them. The water will actually be sitting above the bottom.

Real facts: The gnarliest thing about the first submersible to touch the bottom of the Marianas Trench was only down for like, 30 minutes IIRC, because it had a glass porthole and they were unsure of its stability (even though it was hella thick and had a pretty small diameter), but they wanted it to be able to observe what was down there. But when they hit the ground, it kicked up a cloud of silt and they were unable to see anything for the whole duration they were down there. Oof.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 days ago

should have brought a flashlight smh

[–] cocobean 3 points 4 days ago

Is that so? The bottom of a glass is glass. But the ocean is not the glass; it's the water in the glass. You wouldn't say that the bottom of the water in the glass is made of glass.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

What about the second time?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

I don't know if anyone's ever been down there again. I vaguely remember a headline in the last 5 or so years that said someone was trying to, though I don't know if they have yet.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago

Would you wanna look out and see a wasteland of trash, dirt and stuff?