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XKCD: Lakes and Oceans (Original Post)
krispos42
Apr 2012
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Odin2005
(53,521 posts)1. Mind blown!
Scuba
(53,475 posts)2. And we SCUBA divers think we're "exploring the depths". Ha!
felix_numinous
(5,198 posts)3. Great graphic!
Here's James Cameron about his deep dive to the Marianas Trench:
pokerfan
(27,677 posts)4. I had no appreciation
of how far below sea level the surface to the Dead Sea lies.

Its surface and shores are 423 metres (1,388 ft) below sea level,[2] Earth's lowest elevation on land.
Randall is a master of visualization.
And when you gaze long into an abyss the abyss also gazes into you...
Fumesucker
(45,851 posts)5. David Bowie and Freddy Mercury?
Is anyone else hearing a whooshing sound?
Glassunion
(10,201 posts)6. Under Pressure
krispos42
(49,445 posts)7. Ohhhhh.
*groan*
tclambert
(11,193 posts)8. Just a little deeper and we might have seen Dick Cheney's secret lair.
What am I thinking? It would be a lot, lot deeper.
1620rock
(2,218 posts)9. What's up with that note at the bottom of challenger deep that mentions a secret door there?...
...Or is this chart just a cartoon?
Denninmi
(6,581 posts)10. It's a little tongue in cheek humor.
It's a reference to the tv show 'Lost'.
Just a cute pop culture reference, along with the David Bowie/Freddie Mercury one.
