On this day in 1960, the first-ever dive to the Mariana Trench took place. 🌊 This highlight reel shows National Geographic Society’s Exploration Technology Lab team’s very own 2011 deep-sea camera expedition to the bottom of the trench. In collaboration with the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, the dive reached a depth of more than 35,000 feet and captured images of organisms like the xenophyophores and jellyfish (Rhopalonematid trachymedusa) seen here! #OceanExplorationDay | National Geogr

The Mariana Trench is the deepest dive known to man. | HISTORY

The Mariana Trench in the Pacific Ocean is the deepest known point on Earth, plunging to an incredible 36,000 feet (nearly 11 km). To put its scale into perspective, if you placed Mount Everest, the tallest mountain on land, inside this trench, its peak would still sit over a mile beneath the surface of the ocean. Important Details: • Located in the western Pacific, east of the Philippines and south of Japan • Its deepest point, the Challenger Deep, is deeper than commercial airplanes fly low •

10 Strangest Creatures In The Mariana Trench! | Origins Explained