ALVIN descends to its maxium depth of 4000 m (mean ocean depth is 3800 m).
Image ID: nur07551, Voyage To Inner Space - Exploring the Seas With NOAA Collect Credit: OAR/National Undersea Research Program (NURP); Woods Hole Oceanographic Inst. • High Resolution Photo Available
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