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How do submersibles deal with the pressures of the deep sea — and how deep can they go?
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How do submersibles deal with the pressures of the deep sea — and how deep can they go?
While the world has been waiting to hear of the fate of the passengers on the submersible Titan, questions are being raised.
Challenger Deep, in the Mariana Trench, is seven miles below sea level in the Pacific Ocean, more than two miles above Everest.
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The ocean is nearly 7 miles deep. The Titanic is nowhere near the bottom at only 12,500 feet down. The deepest point, Challenger Deep, is 35,839 feet.