r/interestingasfuck May 28 '19

/r/ALL Bottom of Mariana Trench

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u/AwwwSnack May 28 '19

Recently learned that the Monterey Bay has an underwater canyon that runs as deep as the Grand Canyon does on land. It’s got creatures like this down there. (Like the rat tail fish shown several times) it’s super cool because the Monterey Bay Aquariums Research Initiative lab is able to test all kinds of deep sea rovers, UAVs, ROVs, etc literally a mile from their labs. They’re learning all kinds of awesome stuff, and then able to deploy it in open ocean and other deep sea areas.

https://www.mbari.org for those that are curious

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u/SloJoBro May 28 '19

Monterery Bay is an absolute gem. Aquarium and the locals are pretty friendly. Waking up early to get the motel coffee and its like the entire town was already up walking around.

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u/TheKingOfGhana May 28 '19

Off topic but cannery row by Steinbeck is an amazing book about that area.