Am I the only one impressed that sea life at the bottom of the Marianas trench has developed this level of technology?
Spartan2470 on September 27th, 2024 at 15:14 UTC »
Here is a higher quality and less cropped version of this image. Here is the source. Per there:
Plastic debris – a plastic bag at 3,767 meters (2.34 miles) depth on Enigma Seamount off the Mariana Islands. Image courtesy of the NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research, 2016 Deepwater Exploration of the Marianas.
Edit: Here adds that this was a plastic ice bag. The bag hasn't imploded because the ice turned to water.
Complex-Ad3633 on September 27th, 2024 at 14:29 UTC »
There is trash at the tallest point and the lowest point on Earth... speaks volumes on us as humans
Vic_Hedges on September 27th, 2024 at 14:33 UTC »
Am I the only one impressed that sea life at the bottom of the Marianas trench has developed this level of technology?
Spartan2470 on September 27th, 2024 at 15:14 UTC »
Here is a higher quality and less cropped version of this image. Here is the source. Per there:
Edit: Here adds that this was a plastic ice bag. The bag hasn't imploded because the ice turned to water.