Image Reference Number: 005264
Common Name: Deep-sea Pressure
Scientific Name: N/A
Location: Eastern tropical Pacific
Description: Deep-sea pressure: the polystyrene cup on the right was identical to the one on the left until it was transported to the abyss on the outside of the deep-diving submersible Alvin, and crushed by water pressures several hundred times higher than that at the surface.


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