{"id":3294,"date":"2023-06-23T12:05:44","date_gmt":"2023-06-23T16:05:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nymysteries.com\/?p=3294"},"modified":"2023-06-23T12:07:19","modified_gmt":"2023-06-23T16:07:19","slug":"the-titan-titanic-adventure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/nymysteries.com\/?p=3294","title":{"rendered":"The Titan\/Titanic adventure"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Are you as fascinated by the Titan\/Titanic adventure as I am? I\u2019ve copied this marine illustration of the ocean\u2019s depth from CNN.  There are also facts and figures about sea adventures. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Sea level<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(0 feet)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sunlight zone<\/p>\n\n\n\n

130ft<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sunlight entering the water can reach down to 660ft.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Scuba diving<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The recommended maximum depth for scuba diving.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

393ft<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Free dive record<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

One of the deepest dives with a single breath of air ever, recorded by Arnaud Jerald in 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

660ft<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Twilight zone<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Only a small amount of light can penetrate the water at this depth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1,000ft<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1,090ft<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Scuba dive record<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

1,250ft<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ahmed Gabr set the record in 2014, training for years beforehand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Empire State Building<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

1,575ft<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Deepest underwater rescue<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Two men were trapped in a submersible off the coast of Ireland for 76 hours and rescued on Aug. 29, 1973.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2,000ft<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2,717ft<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tallest building in the world<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Burj Khalifa, United Arab Emirates<\/p>\n\n\n\n

3,000ft<\/p>\n\n\n\n

3,300ft<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Midnight zone<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nearly 90% of the ocean is in this range. It is entirely dark and near freezing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

3,953ft<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Arctic Ocean<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

4,000ft<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(average depth)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

4,900ft<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Giant Pacific octopus<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

5,000ft<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The maximum depth of one of the ocean\u2019s biggest octopuses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

6,000ft<\/p>\n\n\n\n

6,683ft<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Blue Ridge Mountains<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

(maximum height)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

7,000ft<\/p>\n\n\n\n

7,381ft<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sperm whale<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

(maximum depth)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

8,000ft<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

8,000ft<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Grand Canyon<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

(maximum height)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

8,981ft<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Golden Gate Bridge<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

9,000ft<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The total distance that the bridge would stretch vertically.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Titan<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Owned by OceanGate, the Titan was a human-operated submersible designed to take five people down to 13,123ft.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

10,000ft<\/p>\n\n\n\n

11,000ft<\/p>\n\n\n\n

12,000ft<\/p>\n\n\n\n

12,500ft<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

RMS Titanic<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The wreck of the Titanic sits nearly 2.4 miles down on the ocean floor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sources: CNN, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; Dive Magazine; Empire State Building (esbnyc.com); Burj Khalifa (burjkhalifa.ae); Monterey Bay Aquarium; US Department of the Interior; UC San Diego; Golden Gate Bridge (goldengate.org); Guinness World Records; Vertical Blue. Graphic: Amy O’Kruk and Annette Choi, CNN<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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