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[–]reaverdestruction 289 points290 points ago

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I like this one better: http://i.imgur.com/DUbag.jpg

[–]ForzaOne 60 points61 points ago

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What does the second to last text say?

[–]Sharlto 223 points224 points ago

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Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn.

[–]crapcrapcrapcrap 203 points204 points ago

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oh ok

[–]Sharlto 54 points55 points ago

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IA IA CTHULHU FHTAGN

[–]Jace_09 28 points29 points ago

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H̘̮e̛̠̦̦̙̗̲̭̙͝ ̨̺̕C̢̺̖̝̜͘͟ͅo̴̺͙m̪͔͔e͏̝͚̠̳̳s̳͓͙͚!̣̜

[–]Sharlto 71 points72 points ago

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Cthulhu is not Zalgo. We've had this discussion before.

[–]HorrendousRex 28 points29 points ago

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... can they both come? Maybe they are coming together? Maybe they are friends?

[–]seanbyram 37 points38 points ago

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More than just friends, by the sound of it.

[–]BlameArticuno 13 points14 points ago

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There was that one time at band camp.

[–]ohnoiamaseed 19 points20 points ago

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[–]fridgee 11 points12 points ago

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No, trust me, it worked just fine.

[–]ForzaOne 4 points5 points ago

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Ahh, thanks for clearing that up. It all makes sense right now!

[–]Vilvos 18 points19 points ago

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r/fifthworldproblems could translate it for you.

[–]yosem1te 2 points3 points ago

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"Yer off the edge of the map, here there be monsters."

[–]Sharovipteryx 16 points17 points ago

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That is not dead which can eternal lie,

And with strange aeons even death may die.

[–]Xorba 15 points16 points ago

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[–]dioxholster 28 points29 points ago

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imagine if we found mermaids down there? or something resembling humans. that would be pretty fucked up.

[–]loveisfornerds 7 points8 points ago

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Mind blown.

[–]BjornStravinsky 13 points14 points ago

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If you think about it this way, as the people on top floor of the Burj Dubai drown, the ones that were on the ground floor are already where the sun doesn't shine.

[–]WillIsWellGood 7 points8 points ago

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Thank you, I highly enjoyed thinking about that >_>

[–]Hamish27 88 points89 points ago

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Is that Cthulu at the bottom?

[–]dtham 22 points23 points ago

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I'm thinking about Dwarf Fortress right now. The deeper we keep going the sooner some horrible, horrible monster comes to surface and kills us all!

[–][deleted] 43 points44 points ago

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sigh

i want to like Dwarf Fortress so bad.

[–]nebulatron 20 points21 points ago

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So did I... And then I did!

Now every day is magical.

[–]LtOin 3 points4 points ago

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After a couple times of trying to like it I started liking it, just because I understood what I was doing, then came the having fun part...

[–]casual_shoggoth 169 points170 points ago

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I have always found the massive amounts of dark, silent, empty spaces in the ocean terrifying. At least, I hope they are empty.

[–]DroogyParade 127 points128 points ago

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One of the reasons i hate open waters.

[–]brainlessnick 95 points96 points ago

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Reminds me of that navy guy who went swimming in the pacific right in the middle between hawaii and california.

Just think about all that water below you and all the nasty critters in there. NO FUCKING WAY!

[–]Thumbz8 47 points48 points ago

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Luckily, there isn't a big drive to feed on creatures the size of humans at surface level out there. It's actually worse near the shore where there's otters and such being fed on.

[–]Capsss 92 points93 points ago

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See on one hand we have logic, and on the other we have the fact that there's an unimaginable amount of dark empty space underneath you. See how this isn't helpful?

Edit: Derp

[–]shadybrainfarm 14 points15 points ago

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When you are standing on land, there is unimaginable dark space above you.

[–]cybermind 13 points14 points ago

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But gravity isn't pushing me up into that unimaginable dark space, it's just pulling me into the unimaginable dark space below me while I'm in the middle of the ocean.

[–]iFlameLife 12 points13 points ago

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Don't worry, your body will be crushed almost to the point of non-existing before you reach the bottom.

There, don't you feel better now?

[–]sparkybeast19 5 points6 points ago

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Depends...what is trying to eat me before I get that deep?

[–]lionelboydjohnson 3 points4 points ago

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P.s: I don't care how small you are, you're still a snack for someone.

[–]OldRustyBlue 5 points6 points ago

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and surfers!

[–]RtlsnkSteve 22 points23 points ago

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I was actually stationed in Hawaii for a few years and during one of our transits to Japan, we stopped over the Marianas Treanch and had a swim call. A lot of the guys wouldn't go in, but I could'nt resist. It was a very surreal feeling floating over it, but it makes a great memory.

[–]Sighter 7 points8 points ago

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How didn't you sink and die from the weight of your balls?

[–]Scarfall 10 points11 points ago

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It's not the critters. It's the huge colossal creatures.

[–]sblakesley 2 points3 points ago

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Can you imagine swimming along in the ocean and all of the sudden a colossal squid shows up and grabs you?

[–]Sanderlebau 4 points5 points ago

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I'm a scuba diver, and rather experienced, I'm not particularly scared of open water, it's good diving if there is a buoy to bring things in. No, what scares me are safety stops after a deep dive in locations with sharks.

When I'm actually down, sharks are fine, they usually pay no mind to things near the bottom, or just below them. However, at a safety stop you must spend 3-5 minutes (or more, if you use decompression) at 30-15 feet, just hanging there. You are usually low on gas, so you need to preserve air, and you shouldn't just surface. You are literally trapped.

That scares me, if I see a shark while safety stopped, I really have to concentrate to not panic.

[–]stanfan114 8 points9 points ago

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When the mako flies up from the bottom, in your eyes...

[–][deleted] 3 points4 points ago

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Then I know the twilight skies, are not so broken hearted.

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[–]ohnoiamaseed 127 points128 points ago

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The scientist woke up, readied his submarine, and set off, verging on the brink of discovery.

'I hope I find a diverse array of cool shit,' he said, going deeper and deeper.

[–]Larsen1337 20 points21 points ago

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Someone write the rest of that story.

[–]lordmalifico 66 points67 points ago

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Thirty minutes passed. Nothing but darkness.

An hour later.

The scientist ventured further and further, still with no limit, no bottom to the sea. Still, he held onto hope, passing deeper and deeper, when he felt a hard jolt in the submarine. Turning on the high lights, he recoiled in horror.

He was inside of something's stomach. The darkness and the travel..

Alone at the bottom of the sea and no means of escape.

"This is some cool shit." He thought.

[–]ohnoiamaseed 18 points19 points ago

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bang!

A creature slid against his ship, jostling him around. It is now that he realizes: there is no way out.

He turns on the extra floodlights, seeing ginormous octopuses all around him.

'Look at all that cool shit,' he exclaimed. 'This shit is so cool.'

[–]adamant2009 6 points7 points ago

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[–]ohnoiamaseed 3 points4 points ago

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Holy fuck I should've put in a Doctor Who reference.

[–]Skithy 24 points25 points ago

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Using his submarine-mounted science cannons, the scientist blasted his way through what he could only assume was the side wall of the enormous beast's stomach. Unable to further bear the extreme pressures of the Massive Deep with such a wound, the krakenesque beast's outer membrane caved in on itself. The beast started to float upward, as the scientist escaped through the newly-formed hole.

Watching this event unfold through his periscope, the scientist muttered to himself, "That was some cool shit."

Deeper and deeper.

[–]jeepbraah 5 points6 points ago

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He said this while counting all of the cool diverse shit he had already found on his diverse travels. He had a lot of cool shit, and it was all his.

[–][deleted] 4 points5 points ago

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[–]potatowned 24 points25 points ago

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bathyscaphe_Trieste

We've been down there. The two men manning the submersible that made the descent used their incredibly heavy, enormous, steel balls as ballast.

[–]hiddenlakes 5 points6 points ago

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It is incredible to me that in the 1960s we not only put human beings on the moon, but we sent them down to the deepest place on Earth. Sometimes it seems like we haven't achieved a lot since that decade.

[–][deleted] 3 points4 points ago

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And like the moon, we haven't been back in decades. It's like we did it just for the bragging rights.

[–]esnoeijs 9 points10 points ago

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I grew up near the sea, I live near the sea, I was a water scout when I was younger, swam in the sea regularly.

But still when I walk past the water and for a second the thought of the vastness and inpenetrable depth of the sea crawls into my mind, shivers go trough my spine.

Now I don't live in some tropical paradise where you can see clearly trough the water, no I live next to the northsea where 10cm is about all your getting on a good day and the rest is dark and murky.

The idea of being in the water and not being able to see what is below me, or even what just brushed past my leg is a unnerving thought.

Luckily I've developed the ability to push this back into depths of my mind quite easily. One of those things I rather not think about.

[–]KindlyKickRocks 3 points4 points ago

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So like your body would go in panic fight-or-flight mode because it looks like you're falling?

Fuck. Hate the ocean.

[–]auptpa 89 points90 points ago

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Wow. Only 10% has been mapped. I bet the things we have yet to discover down there would blow our minds.

[–][deleted] 125 points126 points ago

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I used to live in Monterey, CA right on Monterey Bay which is home to an underwater canyon. The aquarium had a team of scientists with a rover that they took out to the canyon to explore. They told me that every day they go out they discover an average of 13 new species.

[–]Reaper_Harbinger 16 points17 points ago

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WE BELIEVE THE MONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM TO BE ONE OF THE PINNACLE ACHIEVEMENTS OF YOUR SPECIES.

[–]Your_lost_dog 2 points3 points ago

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Then I feel accomplished to have visited it various times throughout my youth and to love the hell out of it.

[–]kodutta7 2 points3 points ago

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Me too! Twice a year, every year in elementary school.

[–]UltraJake 19 points20 points ago

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O.O

[–]El_Snuffy 73 points74 points ago

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The shit we've already discovered would blow our minds.

[–]Seeders 21 points22 points ago

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My mind has been blown so many times, I'm starting to wonder about the consquences.

[–]fall_ark 38 points39 points ago

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Science is the blowjob for the mind.

[–][deleted] 18 points19 points ago

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I like Cthulhu RIGHT where he is thank you.

[–]Nwallins 15 points16 points ago

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Next up: magnets!

[–]Lazar_Taxon 52 points53 points ago

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The crazy thing is that it's easier to survive in the vacuum of space than at the depths of our own oceans.

[–]SilverTunaTonight 10 points11 points ago

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Nothing can be appreciated in a vacuum.

[–]Lithius 5 points6 points ago

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[–]stephenjwz 71 points72 points ago

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The heaviest, deepest, most brutal part of the ocean. Cthulhu don't gots no good metal to listens to.

[–]13en 17 points18 points ago

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There are no fingerprints deep underwater, nothing to tie one to a crime...

[–]IMonCRACK 3 points4 points ago

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And if you seek vengeance, all you need are instruments of pain.

[–]deltaeta395 58 points59 points ago

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This gave me chills. This combined with my fear of drowning makes my decision on going out into the ocean easy; never.

[–]mjfh81 35 points36 points ago

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And you would never get to the bottom

[–]Sybarith 14 points15 points ago

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Oh god, imagine if you were in a plane and it crashed and fell all the way to the bottom, and you somehow survived the whole way.

[–]archontruth 30 points31 points ago

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Good news! A plane's hull would collapse like a tin can stepped on by an elephant long before you got anywhere close to the bottom.

[–]Sybarith 26 points27 points ago

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WHEW! That's a relief!

[–]Worlds_Best_Coffee 13 points14 points ago

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Same here, I can NOT make myself scroll down that image.

[–]uthturn 14 points15 points ago

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I freak out a little when I zoom into the ocean in google earth.

[–]Song_of_Sixpence 4 points5 points ago

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Me too! I get a mini panic attack...(the feeling is like a combination of agoraphobia and megalophobia, I think). And I LIKE the ocean.

When I was scrolling down, I got that same feeling, though not on as large a scale.

[–]maskedspork 2 points3 points ago

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How great would it be if you could actually zoom all the way in to the bottom of the ocean?

[–]The_Evil_Eye 60 points61 points ago

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Maybe that's where all the dinosaurs are hiding.

[–]Depredor 16 points17 points ago

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[–]Pete_Venkman 32 points33 points ago

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[–]Dwyguy 11 points12 points ago

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NOPE.

[–]Kalimdrone 2 points3 points ago

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For the sake of discussion, why couldn't this have been a whale shark? It seemed too brown.

[–]Pete_Venkman 4 points5 points ago

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Hey, if you want to stroll on up to a Megalodon and call him a whale shark to his face, be my guest.

[–]konkeydong 9 points10 points ago

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Taglines

  • The most feared predator in history...is no longer history.
  • Say hello to the great-grandmother of Jaws...Now say goodbye.
  • If you see her coming, her name is all you'll have time to say.
  • She's the terror that time forgot...but you never will.

Holy corniness Batman.

[–]clowdedbrain 27 points28 points ago

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Oh, don't mind me. Just leaving this here. http://imgur.com/3i3yc

[–]Kaotix 11 points12 points ago

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NOPE.

[–]0110_1001 22 points23 points ago

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[–]Whiskey-Business 21 points22 points ago

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and yet, it couldn't keep Megatron down.

[–]archontruth 8 points9 points ago

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Decepticons are a) made of very strong metal, b) don't need hollow spaces inside to keep squishy organic things alive, and c) don't have to keep dissolved gases inside their bodies, so presumably depth pressure isn't as much of an issue.

[–]Hello-Universe 18 points19 points ago

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They're not real, guys.

[–]EphemeralMemory 14 points15 points ago

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Just out of curiosity, what does 16,000+ lbs per square inch do against modern submersibles?

How deep in the ocean can we traverse safely? Is it even possible to reach any point lower than the Abyssal Zone?

[–]greet_the_sun 31 points32 points ago

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[–]gotghandi 4 points5 points ago

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Just watched a doc on this the other day ... It probably mentions on the wikipage that there were two panes for viewing glass, the outer pane cracks ... they kept going.

[–]angrylawyer 8 points9 points ago

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I wonder what the conversation was like between them when they saw the glass break. That if they went up because of it they would have wasted a day, plus however long it would take the engineers to figure out why the pane cracked, how to design a better one, re-testing, installation, and planning a new mission.

So they said fuck it, we're doing this shit today.

[–]greet_the_sun 12 points13 points ago

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I like to think that the enormous balls of the two men in that submersible were used as ballast.

[–]Srinx 15 points16 points ago

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Watch this image, then listen the to the Bloop!

"The Bloop is the name given to an ultra-low frequency and extremely powerful underwater sound detected by the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) in 1997. The source of the sound remains unknown."

[–]innosins 5 points6 points ago

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I looked this up and dammit, I'm going to post it. At least I control f-ed first :-) More scary as heck sounds in this thread

[–]LadyLollerskates 34 points35 points ago

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Thought that was a Big Daddy at the bottom. Oh Rapture, why can't you be real? :c

[–]curtdammit 26 points27 points ago

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Holy shit now that is perspective, thank you.

[–]LordOfGummies 24 points25 points ago

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Quick someone get Brenden Frazer there is a shitty 3d movie to be made.

[–]mgbgtv8 22 points23 points ago

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TIL: There is water at the bottom of the ocean.

[–]idpeeinherbutt 11 points12 points ago

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Once in a liiiiiiife-tiiiiiiiiiime.

[–]ive_lost_my_marbles 4 points5 points ago

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Same as it ever was.

[–]Smap_di 46 points47 points ago

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Release the KRAKEN!

[–]MrKrazybones 28 points29 points ago

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Its too early, give him 5 more minutes

[–]briantehpirate 10 points11 points ago

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It looks like he's squatting dropping a deuce.

[–]Letsgetitkraken 19 points20 points ago

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ಠ_ಠ

[–]Lolazaurus 8 points9 points ago

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I always imagined what it would be like if the ocean was clear and you just looked down... O_O

[–]Wookovski 28 points29 points ago

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Sponges grow in the ocean. That just kills me. I wonder how much deeper the ocean would be if that didn't happen.

[–]litchykp 10 points11 points ago

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Thought process: "Oh, this is interesting...wow that's crazy, I wonder what they say is at the bo- WHAT IS THAT THING"

[–]speed22 2 points3 points ago

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It's a drawing.

[–]Gearishfear 7 points8 points ago

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The first thing I thought of when looking at this is the Avanc from China Mieville's The Scar.

[–]AwesomeTowlie 6 points7 points ago

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DAMN OCEANS YOU SCARY!

[–]hiddenlakes 7 points8 points ago

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Anyone else fucking terrified by the mere thought of the deepest parts of the ocean? :/

[–]OmegaVesko 24 points25 points ago

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I knew I was going to see something on the bottom, and I still clicked.

NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE

[–][deleted] 15 points16 points ago

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...CLICKCLICKCLICKCLICKCLICK

sorry, i'm afraid of the internet now too.

[–]superdarkness 6 points7 points ago

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It's not a real creature. It's Cthulhu, the Elder God. There's a Hello Kitty-style Chthulhu comic, if you want to like him.

[–]OmegaVesko 5 points6 points ago

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Oh, I'm fully aware of what Cthulhu is. I just scrolled up too fast to see what it was.

[–]terriblehuman 5 points6 points ago

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my balls went inside me.

[–]asshatnowhere 6 points7 points ago

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come to think about it, if there are creatures that far down they are probably really small if not microscopic. i dont think a large animal could widstand that much pressure. then again.....

[–]RembrMe 8 points9 points ago

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The amount of pressure isn't the problem, the problem is the difference of pressure inside a body (fleshy or otherwise) and outside. If an organism could equalize pressure throughout its body, then theoretically it should be able to survive.

Not sure how the difference in pressure would affect the diffusion of salts, etc through its body.

[–][deleted] 3 points4 points ago

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There's an eight-gilled shark or something that lives really far down (like where lampreys and things are), but a lot of scientists were surprised to find something so large somewhere with such high pressure.

[–]Razzamanazz 6 points7 points ago

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bathyscaphe_Trieste

Apparently there are sole and flounder down there. O_O

[–]MidnightSun 5 points6 points ago

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Relevant:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloop

While the audio profile of the Bloop does resemble that of a living creature, the source is a mystery both because it is different from known sounds and because it was several times louder than the loudest known animal, the blue whale.

Five other significant unexplained sounds have been named by NOAA: Julia, Train, Slow Down, Whistle and Upsweep.

[–]meechmong 16 points17 points ago

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For awhile there I kept licking my finger and trying to get that piece of dust off my monitor.

[–]borez 27 points28 points ago

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Protip: the piece of dust moves as you scroll up or down.

[–]yentlequible 13 points14 points ago

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Just the thought of you touching your monitor with a freshly licked finger is making me cringe. My monitor has to be perfect, so don't touch!

[–]phillycheese 23 points24 points ago

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I don't know why people are saying that the ocean is so scary compared to space. Space is about... ohhh... INFINITELY LARGER THAN ALL OF THE OCEAN.

[–][deleted] 41 points42 points ago

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I think the main thing is that we're here right next to it yet we still have very little idea about what the hell is going on down there.

[–]Nwolfe 26 points27 points ago

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It's because we know there's undiscovered life in the ocean.

[–]dietotaku 22 points23 points ago*

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well, we have yet to record a bloop in space...

EDIT: i just realized how stupid that sounds, since sound can't travel in space. nonetheless, the knowledge that something on planet earth made the bloop is a bit more worrisome than the vast emptiness of space.

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Think of the countless, unheard space-bloops! The prospect is mortifying!

[–]Infernestus 6 points7 points ago

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With space you can see what's coiming at you, years before you crash into it.

In murky water anything could be two feet in front of you, the sea has things which could eat you in a second and there's nothing you can do but swim very slowly away.

[–]Mackem 9 points10 points ago

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what is that thing at the bottom supposed to be?

[–]tohuw 10 points11 points ago

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[–]rocketbelll 4 points5 points ago

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I held my breath the entire time I read that.

[–]BoreasBlack 3 points4 points ago

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I swear I thought that said "fleshlight fish"...

[–]Irishfury86 4 points5 points ago

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I fucking love Earth.

[–]cubicle_slave 14 points15 points ago

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I am on the fence about space exploration. On one hand, there have been many positive discoveries because of it. On the other hand, there is so much on this planet that haven't been discovered. New creatures are discovered almost monthly. Things and places we didn't know existed come to light. The ocean is the biggest mystery. It's so much closer and approachable. If I remember correctly, the last time a manned submersible visited the deepest known part of the ocean was in 1960. The visit was fairly brief due to structural concerns. In 50 years, that's it. Shuttles can be created to take people to the moon and back and yet, no one wants to go to the bottom of the ocean. It's sad.

[–]Relemsis 15 points16 points ago*

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We've gone further away from, than into our planet.

EDIT: Comma for comprehensibility.

[–]GodForbid 11 points12 points ago

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Probably because it is easier to survive the vacuum of space than the crushing pressure of the depths.

[–][deleted] 6 points7 points ago

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O_O

[–]potifer 2 points3 points ago

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We should not explore space because of the neat stuff we get out of it (though that's a nice benefit). We should do it out of pure curiosity and thirst for knowledge. It's totally possible to never leave your house, but would you really want to live like that?

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"Beginning of the Abyssal Zone".

NOPE.

[–]Ratmotored57 2 points3 points ago

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Cloverfield.

[–]HeartJacker13 3 points4 points ago

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You know, they say we know more about the moon than about our ocean.

[–]smeezy 2 points3 points ago

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The one thing that strikes me when looking at illustrations like this is how difficult it is to engineer a habitable environment under this kind of pressure.

Sending humans into space is a problem of propulsion, not of survival. Negotiating a difference of 1 atmosphere between the inside of your suit and the space outside is relatively simple. Even a leak in a space suit isn't necessarily fatal.

Sending humans underwater is primarily a problem of survival, not propulsion. Whatever vessel you use to dive into the deep has to withstand 1000 atmospheres across a very small distance. A leak at that pressure can mean instant death.

I think exploration of the deep belongs to robots. Design them so they don't need a pressure gradient (i.e. equalize their inside pressure with their outside). Send down autonomous scanners that survey the environment and just let them roam free for years on end, streaming up data.

[–]Wazowski 18 points19 points ago

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I hate to debunk the captions, but airplanes don't fly underwater. They fly up in the sky.

[–]ghosttrainhobo 4 points5 points ago

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If Mt. Everest was dropped into the Challenger Deep, it would have a mile of water above it.

[–]DirtyBojanglez 2 points3 points ago

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Sweet Jesus.

[–]johnmd32 2 points3 points ago

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"Ow" - My Brain

[–]ididntwantausername 2 points3 points ago

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Dayum.

[–]360walkaway 2 points3 points ago

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FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK... the airplane reference blew my mind.

[–][deleted] 2 points3 points ago

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My two most important life wishes: Go to space and go to the deep ocean.

[–]PhilipTheGreat 2 points3 points ago

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Someone make a movie about humans discovering something insane at the lowest point in the ocean. NAO.

[–]Ryanair 4 points5 points ago

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The abyss. You're welcome.

[–]dyaas 2 points3 points ago

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This is why I'm afraid of swimming in the ocean.

[–][deleted] 2 points3 points ago

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The fleshlight fish.

[–]andtome 2 points3 points ago

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I cannot seem to fully understand this perspective with this strange system of measurement you have here.

[–]xilpaxim 2 points3 points ago

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Wow. Reading that actually made me feel nervous. I'm going to go get some froyo and forget about it now. "shudder'

[–]KingTsu 2 points3 points ago

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What are we doing on the Moon and Mars when we've only explored 10% of the ocean floor?

[–]solidiquis 2 points3 points ago

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Cloverfield is down there

[–]bobaimee 2 points3 points ago

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What depth did Dethklok record Dethwater??

[–]randomlogik 2 points3 points ago

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Where is Seaquest DSV?

[–]emceelokey 2 points3 points ago

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It's kind of cool knowing there's essentially a whole unexplored world under the sea.

[–]bullet-art 4 points5 points ago

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The Challenger Deep looks like a giant, glowing mutant spider from the depths.

[–]flipswitch 10 points11 points ago

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"The Challenger Deep" is just what that area of depth is called within the trench. The illustration of the Cthulu type monster was just put there for funsies.

I don't know if this a WOOSH moment on my part, but just thought I'd let you know.

[–]bullet-art 2 points3 points ago

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Ha, my mistake. I really didn't pay much attention to the caption, and thought that was the name of some deep sea robot (that's what I thought the image in the graphic was too).

[–]Ray3142 3 points4 points ago

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DAE think this was going to end up as a "your momma" joke?

[–]spartansheep 2 points3 points ago

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They forgot to add Rapture to the lower half!!!!

[–]Travis-Touchdown 6 points7 points ago

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Space is scarier because there is no end

[–]shruikandk 2 points3 points ago

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Check out Cosmic Microwave Background, Dark Flow and the CMB Cold Sot. A plausible theory describing Dark Flow is that another Universe is breaking into our CMB :/

Via the Cold Spot.

[–]Schaafwond[!] 14 points15 points ago

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Use. The fucking. Metric system.

[–]Cbarbourttu 1 point2 points ago

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I did a paper about the challenger deep in college for one of my 4000 lvl geophysics class (maybe geology i dont remember) Crazy shit i discovered. But this picture would have been amazing for putting just how deep this thing is into perspective.

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[–]Russ91 1 point2 points ago

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this is why the ocean terrifies me.

[–]Acidyo 1 point2 points ago

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Cthulu rain supreme.

[–]sokoteur 1 point2 points ago

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[–]daaaaaaaaniel 1 point2 points ago

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Fuck the end part of it.

[–]CasanovaValentine 1 point2 points ago

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Is it possible to for there to be life at the very bottom? Forgive my ignorance.

[–]DaveFishBulb 2 points3 points ago

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Yes.

[–]JxFTW 1 point2 points ago

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I wonder what is near the bottom? I mean, it would probably be terrifying looking but I still wonder.

[–]Ericthemighty 1 point2 points ago

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thanks, i really enjoyed that post

[–]dewdnoc 1 point2 points ago

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Does anyone know: If you were to take a sample of life from the bottom of said trench, and bring it to the surface... Would it survive? Would it explode? o.O

[–]ahoydizzle 1 point2 points ago

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I really like these sort of infographics about the ocean. Makes me feel so small.

[–]alurkin 1 point2 points ago

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Looking at this makes me want to throw up. I had to close the browser window because I thought I would be sick. Aaaugg.

[–]halapi 1 point2 points ago

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I was expecting there to be something creepy at the bottom of the page, and I still freaked out when I saw it.

[–]MOS_FET 1 point2 points ago

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Deep, Bro... A metric version of this would make things easier for me tho :-/

[–]leaptheman 1 point2 points ago

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I suddenly remembered the Seaquest DSV theme playing in my head. That's on Netflix.. might have to give it a watch.

[–]Zeppelanoid 1 point2 points ago

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I was always more interested in the undiscovered part of our own planet as opposed to other planets.