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deeper than deep sea — the zone named after hell because 'dark and crushing' undersold it.
means an adjective for ocean depths below 6,000 meters, mostly found in trenches, where pressure alone would flatten most life.
from coined from Hades, the greek underworld, because the ocean's basement felt like the only fitting mythology.
deepest pointchallenger deep, nearly 11,000 meters down
pressure thereover 1,000 atmospheres, like an elephant on a thumbnail
still has lifeamphipods and snailfish thrive there, oddly
less exploredfewer humans have been there than to the moon