Mariana Trench: HROV Nereus takes a sample using a push core

[a10fjet]

should have added a water jet to basically drill a hole in the mud to see what is beneath it

[TimArmst]

Like a boss

[Loocas77]

We all know more about the moon than about Challenger Deep.

[devon8trillionaire]

look like a whole nother world wow

[felcas]

DAMN! They are using Windows 7!!!!!! What if they get a BSOD 10.000 meters under? Call MS Tech Support? HAUAHAUAHAUUAHAUAHAUAHAUA

[lfilipem]

whats the pressure like down there ??

why does it not crush all these ROV's ??

[MrMegacurie]

@lfilipem most of the parts are filled with water...so there is no difference in pressure. Electronic and cams are housed in tungstencarbide

[withoutnameorplace]

try 7m sharks unchanged by evolution since the dinosaur ages. they're scavengers, though.

[THEJAYMAN212]

what type of fish would you find down there ?

[Helge129]

@THEJAYMAN212 Mostly very flat fish I imagine, due to the pressure.

[THEJAYMAN212]

@Helge129 imagen being down there it would be so calming

[Helge129]

@THEJAYMAN212 And very squishing too, because you would have houndrets if not thousands of tons pressing down on you.

[THEJAYMAN212]

@Helge129 do you think anything big could live down there that could wit stand the pressure

[Helge129]

@THEJAYMAN212 Tube-worms apparently can, and they are 2m+ in size. But I don't remember any other big creatures that live down there.

[pukhtoonistan007]

@Helge129 lol ONLY single cellular organisms live down there ! They're called foraminifera

[Helge129]

@pukhtoonistan007 Lol, Tube Worms, a few kinds of crabs, some fish, and a lot more live down there, near black smokers.

[EdTheBadass]

.. what would happen if we nuke that trench?

[qpSubZeroqp]

@EdTheBadass huge tsunami maybe? or maybe because of the pressure, it may not really be felt all the way up. i'm not sure..

[EdTheBadass]

@qpSubZeroqp

I would probably fall in with a bigger diameter, making a nice crater, rather than a hole.

[NebPWN]

cthulu in the background

[imupnorth55]

I've often wondered how deep that mud is altogether, as it has 'snowed' down for so many years?