Earth_Wanderer@earth_tracker · Apr 2, 2025

The terrifying beauty of the Ocean. 🧵 A Thread Not for the soft-hearted ⚠️

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A visually stunning thread showcasing the ocean's incredible and terrifying beauty, featuring deep-sea creatures, massive waves, marine life like whale sharks and giant squids, and dramatic ocean phenomena from the Mariana Trench to bioluminescent waters.

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The terrifying beauty of the Ocean. 🧵 A Thread Not for the soft-hearted ⚠️
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1. A camera is lowered to a depth of 11,000 meters in the Mariana Trench, the deepest point on Earth. The deepest point of the trench is more than 2 km farther from sea level than the peak of Mount Everest.
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2. This isn't CGI, it's a real-life creature known as a sea angel (Clione limacina) found in the cold waters of the Arctic and North Atlantic Oceans.
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3. One of the most massive waves you will see today.
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4. The size of these waves are incredible! It takes some balls to do these jobs! Massive respect ✊
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5. How deep are our oceans? The Mariana Trench is the deepest part of the ocean and the deepest location on Earth. It is around 11,000 meters deep, which is almost 7 miles.
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6. Marine iguanas look like baby Godzillas
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7. A whale shark moving through bioluminescent algae appears to be flying through the vastness of space
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8. Great white shark This famous predator reaches up to 20 feet in height and is known for its sharp teeth and hunting prowess
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9. Warship hit by monster wave near Antarctica 🤯
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10. How do they even install this in the middle of the freaking ocean.
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11. The blue whale is the largest animal known ever to have existed.
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12. Mauritius is home to an incredible aerial illusion of an underwater "waterfall." The flow of sand & silt on the seabed gives the mesmerizing appearance of a vast, swirling vortex pulling the island downward.
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13. The beautiful opalescent nudibranch (Hermissenda opalescens), one of the most colorful species of sea slug, filmed off the coast of California by Aron Sanchez-Baranda.
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14. Electric Eel - This eel generates an electric shock to protect itself and hunt, making it both beautiful and dangerous.
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15. Offshore oil rig amid a storm ! It's about 303 meters below the surface of the sea and its total height is 472 meters.
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16. Rare glass octopus with a clear body seen swimming near the Phoenix Islands in the Pacific Ocean. The entire octopus is clear except for its optic nerve, eyeballs and digestive tract. 😵🤯
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17. The raw power of the ocean…🔥
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18. The water was calm before he jumped in 🫥 scary how quickly the ocean can change 😳 Cape Town
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19. When I say I’m afraid of the ocean…THIS IS WHAT I MEAN!! 🌊🤯
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20. A brief glimpse into the soul of the ocean 🌊
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21. Large octopus entering a hole in the beach.
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22. In Brittany’s Saint-Malo, the tides are among the highest in Europe, with water levels rising up to 13 meters. These houses act as a seawall, with front-facing windows protected by four layers of glass. x.com/Gabriele_Corno…
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23. A whale graveyard lies silently as Anna Von Boetticher swims beneath nearly 3 feet of Greenland pack ice. An award-winning photo by Alex Dawson.
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24. Incredibly rare deep sea jellyfish looks like firework 🎆
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