Check Out the Seriously Gnarly Creatures at the Bottom of the Mariana Trench
Maddie Stone
5/06/16 4:27pmFiled to: this is awesome
Need a pick-me-up on this dreary Friday afternoon? After checking out some of the nightmare-inducing life forms NOAA’s deep-sea diving robot discovered at the bottom of the Mariana Trench, sleep will be the last thing on your mind.
On April 20th, NOAA scientists working on the Okeanos Explorer dispatched their prized Deep Discoverer robot to scour the floor of the Mariana Trench, the deepest spot on the surface of the Earth. Little is known about the ecology of this seven-mile crevice—in fact, it’s often said that we know more about the surface of Mars.
http://gizmodo.com/there-are-some-seriously-gnarly-creatures-at-the-bottom-1775158529