OCEAN SURFACE · 0 M
94% OF EARTH’S OCEANREMAINS UNEXPLORED
Descend through a world of shifting light, ancient creatures, and landscapes no human has touched.
0 MSEA LEVEL
01 0—200 M
THE SUNLIGHT ZONE
Where light
creates life.
Warm, illuminated water supports nearly all familiar ocean life. Currents carry food, reefs build cities, and every breath above is connected to the world below.
GREEN SEA TURTLE CHELONIA MYDAS
02 200—1,000 M
THE TWILIGHT ZONE
Light fades.
Life glows.
At the edge of darkness, animals make their own light. Every flash can be a lure, a warning, or a coded message in the blue.
Lanternfish
The most abundant vertebrate on Earth
Giant Squid
A deep-water hunter with eyes like dinner plates
Chain Catshark
Its skin shines green through biofluorescence
03 1,000—4,000 M
THE MIDNIGHT ZONE
No sun has
ever reached here.
WATER PRESSURE401 ATM
TEMPERATURE4° C
VISIBILITY0 M
FROM SURFACE3,280 M
HADAL-II RESEARCH SUBMERSIBLE
Listen.
A blue whale crosses the black water beyond the reach of our lights.
04 4,000—6,000 M
THE ABYSSAL PLAIN
A landscape
without dawn.
Drag across the sea floor to inspect a cold desert shaped by falling sediment and volcanic stone.
← DRAG TO INSPECT →
RESEARCH MARKERHydrothermal Vent
Mineral-rich water erupts from Earth’s crust, sustaining life without sunlight.
05 6,000—11,000 M
THE HADAL TRENCH · 10,984 M
LIFE EXISTS
EVEN HERE
Below the abyss, trenches cut into the planet. Pressure is crushing. The water is near freezing. Still, something moves in the dark.
THE RETURN · TOWARD THE LIGHT
What happens below
affects everything above.
The ocean stores heat, moves weather, feeds communities, and produces the air we breathe. Its future is our future.
01Plastic pollution↗
02Rising temperatures↗
03Overfishing↗
04Habitat destruction↗
BLUE BELOW↗