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30Mb .mov as seen on TV on the National Geographic channel, December 2006
April 2006 Dive Animations:
6mb .mov, 29mb .mov,
or
140mb HDV .mov
(CPU/memory intensive!)
(during movie, click once to pause,
double-click to resume play)
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Marine Geology & Geophysics
Mariana Trench Dive Animation
The Mariana Trench may be the deepest place in the world's oceans, but these videos have the vertical dimension strongly exaggerated to further enhance the visual effect. The maximum depth of the trench is a little greater than 11 kilometers, but its width is over 50 kilometers. The color scheme chosen is arbitrary but represents a typical color for the ocean bottom.
A quick, lower-resolution "dry-fly-through" .mpg version is also available
These animations were produced by Dr. Peter Sloss of NOAA's National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC), Marine Geology and Geophysics Division, from actual digital bathymetric data archived by, and available through NGDC.
If you use these images, please credit NOAA/NGDC for the image.
Older versions of these files were shown on the History Channel. Similar, higher resolution versions have been provided to the National Geographic Society and the Discovery Channel - look for them to appear in various venues in the future. The smaller downloadable files depict a degraded sample. Each downloadable file contains additional sequences showing the location of the Trench.
external link to more about the Challenger Deep
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