3 comments

  • quantum_state 16 hours ago
    The water pressure at 9km deep is about 900 atm!
    • andrekandre 7 hours ago

        > 900 atm!
      
      completely off-topic but i initially read that as "at the moment" and then i realized it must be "atmospheres" (i hope ^^)
  • ktallett 17 hours ago
    Why do we send humans to those depths rather than a camera? I assume signal to control the camera is hard at those depths but that is the only reason I can imagine.
    • lovasoa 15 hours ago
      Because we can
  • contingencies 15 hours ago
    It seems a shame to wonder if deep sea worms and molluscs will become the next headline meal at Hong Kong's high end Cantonese seafood restaurants: no doubt like everything else they go well with oyster sauce and finely cut ginger.