The Deepest Place on Earth

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The Deepest Place on Earth · 2:10 · Intellect Plus

In short: A descent into the Challenger Deep, through darkness, cold and crushing pressure, to a floor so deep that Everest would sit more than 2 kilometres beneath the waves.

A 2:10 short film in the series “The Ocean”, narrated by intellect_voice_01.

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