Mariana Trench by Abysimus
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The Mariana Trench is the deepest part of the world's oceans, and the lowest elevation of the surface of the Earth’s crust. It is located in the western Pacific Ocean, to the east of the Mariana Islands. The trench is about 2,550 kilometers (1,580 mi) long but has a mean width of only 69 kilometers (43 mi). It reaches a maximum-known depth of about 11.03 kilometers (6.85 mi) at the Vityaz-1 Deep and about 10.91 kilometers (6.78 mi). Until recently, the deep ocean trenches were thought to be lifeless abyssal plains. They are now known to be a cornucopia of chemosynthetic life forms. If you want to know what alien life looks like, visit the deep ocean trenches. Some of the most bizarre creatures imaginable live there and we have explored only the tiniest fraction of them. The environments are spectacular and today’s rendering is a fanciful look at some of them.
Created in Ultra Fractal.
Comments (12)
clbsmiley
I love these little creatures. A great one. :)
peedy
WOW, beautiful! Gorgeous colors. You say: "If you want to know what alien life looks like, visit the deep ocean trenches." I wish I could. I have seen images on tv about it and it's awesome! Corrie
vxbob
Interesting colors, details, and composition
dochtersions
You've created a wonder-world under water. Fantastic what you have discovered here, Stan..
alessimarco
Marvelous work!!!
Carlahoon
Very good and nice work!!
greyone
This is a topic i have loved for years, ever since seeing a national geographic show about the strange creatures that live at depths unexplored before. This image is exceptional Stan. Lots going on and all so well defined.
bakapo
very nice work! so alien and so beautiful, the things that live in the deep water...
npauling
I love these amazing creatures you have found in this ocean trench. What a stunning array of coral and annamae you found too. A wonderful fractal and story too.
Rerewhakaaitu
The Pacific is big and wide, and deep in many ways. Some of the sub Antarctic creatures are also impossible and strange. I love your rendering of strangenesses in the Trench.
afugatt
Fascinating!
tresamie
Very imaginative!