The terrifying beauty of the ocean 🧵 1. Sitting on the edge of an...

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The terrifying beauty of the ocean 🧵

1. Sitting on the edge of an underwater cliff

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2. Marine iguanas look like baby Godzillas

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3. Reaching a maximum confirmed length of 29.9 m (98 ft) and weighing up to 199 t, the blue whale is the largest animal known ever to have existed.

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4. A fisherman holding a deep sea Wolf Eel

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5. A whale shark moving through bioluminescent algae appears to be flying through the vastness of space

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6. 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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7. An incredibly rare "Firework Jellyfish" filmed 4,000 ft. underwater

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8. The eye of a grey whale

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9. A centuries-old shark in the Arctic Ocean

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10. Incredible footage of a humpback whale breaching the surface. As enormous as it is, it's just half the size of a blue whale.

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11. Warship hit by monster wave near Antarctica

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12. A blue whale, 75 feet boat for scale

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13. Waves crashing against the cliffs of Inis Meáin, Ireland

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14. Stingray migration by Sandra Critelli

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15. The overwhelming majesty of the ocean. Imagine sailing these waters on wooden ships, guided only by the sun and stars.

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16. A humpback whale pays a surprise visit to a fishing boat in Monterey Bay, California. Photo by Douglas Croft.

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17. 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.

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18. Whale lands on a boat

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19. An Eden's whale trap feeding

In 2011, researchers discovered a new feeding method: whales remain still at the water's surface with their mouths open, allowing prey like herring and krill to swim in. Then they close their mouths, trapping the prey.

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20. 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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21. The deeper you go, the darker it gets

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22. One of the most spectacular sights on Earth

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23. The anchor hawse hole of the sunken USS Saratoga looks like a giant fish’s mouth. Photo by Reinhart Dirscherl.

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24. Largest Great white shark ever recorded

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25. The ocean is a beautiful, frightening place

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