The Puerto Rico Trench is the deepest place in the Atlantic Ocean, but this videos has the vertical dimension strongly exaggerated to further enhance the visual effect. The maximum depth of the trench is a little greater than 8 kilometers, but its width is over 20 kilometers. The color scheme chosen is arbitrary but represents a typical color for the ocean bottom.
Credit: NOAA/NGDC
Source: http://ngdc.noaa.gov/mgg/image/puerto_rico_trench.html
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