What If You Explored the Deepest Points on Earth?

[Music] if you traveled to the deepest points of earth what would you find lost cities mythical sea monsters rivers of gold probably not but there's still a lot to discover so join me as we travel deep underneath the surface to explore some of the most inhospitable places on earth what lives at the bottom of the mariana trench how much of the ocean is unmapped and what is mined deep below the earth's surface this is what if and here's what would happen if you explored the deepest points on earth not many people can claim that they've been to the deepest points on earth but victor viscovocan from 2018 to 2019 viscovo led an expedition that visited the deepest points in all five oceans the five deeps expedition covered 87 000 kilometers in just 10 months and completed 39 dives using a small submarine for your trip you're only going to visit one trench the mariana trench you'll need to save about three quarters of a million dollars for the trip but you'd be one of the few people to explore this deep what would you see as you descend first you'd need to travel to japan from there you'd take a submarine about 2 000 kilometers out into the pacific ocean challenger deep the deepest point of the mariana trench is almost 11 kilometers below the surface and it would take about two and a half hours to reach it there will be a lot to look at in the beginning of your descent the first 200 meters below the surface is where most ocean life thrives as you travel deeper it becomes darker and the less wildlife you'd see though you'd still get to witness the occasional whale diving for food you'd see your first deep sea creature the fang tooth at one kilometer below the surface this appropriately named fish is 16 centimeters long with two giant teeth to make room for them the fangtooth has two sockets beside its brain as you travel deeper than 2500 meters there are no more whales they don't usually dive down this deep but when you hit 8 000 meters you'd encounter the mariana snailfish at this point the atmospheric pressure is nearly 1100 times what you feel at sea level if you weren't inside a pressurized submarine it would be like having the weight of a fully loaded truck on your head those little snail fish out there must be pretty strong to withstand all this intense pressure eventually you'd reach the very bottom the challenger deep if you look closely you might spot an amphipod species a rhonda leia gigas these small deep ocean creatures are only about three centimeters long and that's about it down in the mariana trench no secret treasures hidden cities or sea monsters next it's time for you to travel to the world's deepest sea volcano the west mata volcano this underwater site is located southwest of the samoas you'll need to rent another submarine to travel down 1200 meters below the surface but since you just visited the mariana trench it should be no problem for you if you're lucky the volcano would be active and you would enjoy seeing lava fountains and glowing bubbles just be careful of all the debris that erupts into the ocean both the west mata volcano and the mariana trench are natural deep points on earth but what about something that's man-made the penang gold mine is the deepest operating mind in the world around 4 000 miners work in it every day and despite safety precautions it's still risky in march 2020 a seismic event killed three miners who were three and a half kilometers below the surface to get to the mine you'd need to travel to the gauteng province in south africa you'd take the elevator known as a cage with 119 other workers until it reaches two and a half kilometers below the earth's surface as the elevator doors open you'll notice the heat it's about 30 degrees and that's only because the mining company has created a system to cool down the air without fans blowing over a mixture of ice and salt the mine would be a whopping 60 degrees why because you're so deep in the earth that its inner heat is warming up the surrounding atmosphere you'd only be two and a half kilometers underneath the earth's surface to go lower you'd need to walk or drive the rest of the way you'd be at the bottom of the mine when you reached 4 kilometers that's as deep as 10 empire state buildings luckily there are no cave creatures to worry about down here the only life down here other than the miners is monotypic bacteria while the opening gold mine is impressive all of the deepest points on earth are in oceans according to nasa over 80 percent of the oceans remain unmapped unobserved and unexplored and if we want to continue to explore these areas we're going to need to take better care of our planet for starters we could clean up our trash filled oceans can you imagine a mariana trench just brimming with garbage well that's a story for another what if [Music] you

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Length: 7min 0sec (420 seconds)

Published: Mon Dec 28 2020