Ocean Info & Pics.

     There is so much that we don't know about our oceans. Maybe this is because less than five percent of our oceans have been explored. Those are some crazy statistics, considering that seventy percent of the earth consists of water. But all in the same sense, it's hard for us to explore. We don't have the technology that will even go half way to most parts of the ocean floor. Regardless, there are at least 3,000 or more floats that go up and down the ocean every day to collect data.

     Another reason we don't know very much is because without the technology, exploring the ocean floor is next to impossible. It's also a pretty scary thing to think about- sending humans down somewhere that we know very little about. It's said that on the ocean floor, mountain ranges with thousands of valleys are wider and deeper than the Grand Canyon. Just think about how big this would be if we could find out more information. We could add so many new species to the world, because 297 new species were found in a single column of volcanic rock. 

     Many people argue that we have explored much more of the moon than we have even begun to consider exploring of the ocean. But this is kind of understandable considering how deep that the ocean is. One of the deepest parts is known as Marianas Trench, and it is seven miles deep! It is located in the western part of the Pacific Ocean. The very deepest part of the ocean is known as the Challenger Deep. It isn't much deeper than Mariana's trench, but it is definitely wider.
Here are some pictures of things that we do know about the ocean:

Photo Courtesy of: Laddish.net

Photo Courtesy of: waittfoundation.org

Photo Courtesy of: ripples-of-gratitude.blogspot.com