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Below the surface. even though the australian officials are looking in the right place there are challenges when they talk about the depths, three miles down in darkness with silt that can be very thick. a difficult environment to be sure. its been said we know more about the surface of the moon than the bottom of the ocean. so just how has the sea bed been mapped? and what did that look like? >> on the bottom of the sea, it is dark and mysterious. the video youre looking at was taken with an un...

With the sonar type system you could actually map much larger areas. >> david miller is the president of a company that helps to map the worlds oceans and seas. >> despite the fact that 70% of the world is covered by ocean, only 5% of our oceans have been explored to date. >> this is a side constant sonar device, tossed to the water off san diego. to give us a look at what is under our boat. >> all these little rescctangul spots? >> this is shallow water, what can you see in the deep, this amazi...