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deeper than deep, where sunlight gave up and pressure took over.
means relating to the ocean's deepest zones, roughly 3,000 to 6,000 meters down, where it is crushing, cold, and permanently dark.
from from greek abyssos, meaning bottomless, via latin abyssus — sailors and scientists borrowed the word because early soundings couldn't find a floor.
pressure thereequivalent to a car stacked on your thumbnail
temperaturehovers just above freezing, around 2 to 4°c
food sourcemostly falling corpses, called marine snow
lightzero sunlight, only bioluminescent flickers