Hi. I need to locate images of the Mariana Trench that I can use in a
project I am currently doing, the images need to be good quality and
of the different species and the expeditions that went there please.I
also need detailed accounts of the expeditions as I have to compile
everything into an interesting article. Thank you

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Request for Question Clarification by techtor-ga on 21 Jun 2004 10:23 PDT

Hello Traceym,
Do I understand correctly that you are looking for an actual picture
of a part of the trench rather than an illustration of it? I assume
actual pictures of the trench would be very difficult to find, or
might not even exist, given the difficulties of underwater photography
(unless a deep submersible had a good camera, like an infrared one).
Would satellite photos do?

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Clarification of Question by traceym-ga on 21 Jun 2004 22:21 PDT

Hi,
Yes a satellite photo would do or any photos of marine life that could
be found?!Thank you ever so much

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Request for Question Clarification by techtor-ga on 23 Jun 2004 01:26 PDT

Hello again Traceym,
I believe I had been too sure about finding a satellite photo, even a
false-color one, of the Mariana Trench, since it doesn't seem to be
available online. I was able to find a photo of a species of shrimp
found in the Trench, but I've found nothing on other life though.
There is a site about unusual deep-sea creatures in general, though it
does not say if the creatures are unique to the trench. But in all
likelihood, they can be found in the Mariana Trench. I will see if my
atlas at home could have a shot of the Trench from above. Other
sources on the Trench contain illustrations and sketches of the
trench, including 3d simulations on videos. Would those be all right
for you in an answer?

Dear traceym-ga;

Thank you for allowing me to answer your interesting question. I?ve
spent quite a bit of time seeking out the information you are needing
for your article and I believe I have been able to find a great deal
of very interesting photographs and information.


THE EXPLORATION:

The trench has a maximum depth of 10,924 m (35,840 ft). It was fully
surveyed in 1951 by the British navy vessel, Challenger II, which gave
its name to the deepest part of the trench, the Challenger Deep.

The only manned exploration of the deepest portion of Marianas Trench
took place on January 23, 1960 when U.S. Navy Lt. Don Walsh and Swiss
scientist Jacques Piccard courageously took the bathyscaphe Trieste to
the bottom of the Challenger Deep of the Marianas Trench, the deepest
spot on Earth. No human has ever attempted the feat again. Here you
will find a fascinating animation along with a chilling account of the
first decent to the bottom of Challenger Deep in the Mariana Trench by
Jacques Piccard and Don Walsh in 1960 aboard the Trieste. According to
Piccard, "The bottom appeared light and clear, a waste of...firm
diatomaceous ooze.":

PBS.ORG
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/savageseas/multimedia/trieste.html


This vertical map shows the actual descent path of the Trieste on its
voyage to the bottom:

NOSC TD 1940
http://www.spawar.navy.mil/sti/publications/pubs/td/1940/photos/fig50.jpg


THE TRIESTE:

Here you will find some fairly high-resolution photos and wonderful
details about the specifications and capability of the bathyscaphe
("bathy" = deep, "scaphe" = ship) Trieste was built in 1953 at Naples,
Italy, by the Swiss scientist Auguste Piccard:

DEEP SUBMERGENCE VEHICLES
http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/ship/dsv.htm

PEOPLE UNDER THE SEA
http://www.onr.navy.mil/focus/blowballast/people/submersibles1.htm

ABYSSO
http://www.sportesport.it/images/Ancient/bathyscaphes/trieste.jpg


THE EXPLORERS:  
 
 
Pictured here are Lt. Don Walsh, left, and Jacques Piccard in the
bathyscaph Trieste moments before the actual harrowing dive to
Challenger Deep in Mariana Trench. Keep in mind that neither of these
men knew if they would ever return alive:
NOAA PHOTO LIBRARY
http://www.photolib.noaa.gov/ships/ship3224.htm


This is a lifelike, scale model of the Trieste on exhibit with an
inset photo of the two explorers peering out the vessel?s porthole:

http://www.schroeder-av.de/bilder/trieste3.jpg

This is one of the only color photographs of the explorers I found
taken at the time of the 1960 dive to the bottom:

http://www.schroeder-av.de/bilder/trieste2.jpg


Here are the brave explorers as they appear today (Jacques Piccard
left and Don Walsh right):
PBS.ORG
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/savageseas/images/3-piccard-walsh.jpg



THE MARIANA TRENCH AND CHALLENGER DEEP:

Here you will find biology reports on the samples obtained from the
Trench floor by Japanese submersible Kaiko on March 2, 1996:

MARIANA TRENCH BIOLOGY
http://www.smarterscience.com/marianatrenchbiology.html

Here are some VRML models of the Mariana Trench:

VRML Models of Mariana Trench
http://www.coast-nopp.org/visualization_modules/physical_chemical/basin_coastal_morphology/principal_features/deep_ocean/trenches_arcs/mariana.html


This is an excellent graphic the puts the magnitude of the trench in
perspective by comparing the depth of the Mariana Trench to the height
of Mount Everest:

OCEANCLOPEDIA
http://www.ocean98.org/ency421m.htm

This ?movie? clip, produced by Dr. Peter Sloss of NOAA's National
Geophysical Data Center, is representative of what one would see,
based on topographical maps of the ocean floor, if he were to ?fly?
over the trench looking down:

NOAA's National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC)
http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/mgg/image/marianas.html



LIFE IN THE TRENCH:

This is an image of a ?Fangtooth? (Abyssobrotula galatheae), one of
the deepest dwelling fish known (This particular specimen was found in
the Puerto Rican Trench at a depth of 8,372 meters, or over five miles
down!) and this frightening looking Viper Fish (Chauliodus sloani)
that can be found about one mile down:

CREATURES OF THE DEEP
http://www.extremescience.com/deepcreat.htm
http://www.extremescience.com/deepcreat3.htm
http://www.extremescience.com/images/viperfish.jpg

Other images:

VIPERFISH
http://www.amonline.net.au/fishes/fishfacts/fish/csloani.htm

MONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM
http://www.mbayaq.org/efc/living_species/default.asp?hOri=1&inhab=175
(Be sure to check the links on the left for other excellent images)

This is another list of deep-sea fishes and links to their images:

DEEP-SEA FISHES
http://www.amonline.net.au/fishes/fishfacts/spectype.htm#deepsea

Here are some artists? renderings of various fish known to inhabit the
Challenger Deep:

CHALLENGER EXPEDITION
?Cottunculus microps? and ?Cottunculus thomsonii?
http://www.classicnatureprints.com/pr.Challenger%20Deep%20Sea%20Fish/deep.cottunculus.html

 ?Raja isotrachys?
http://www.classicnatureprints.com/pr.Challenger%20Deep%20Sea%20Fish/deep.raja.iso.html

These are some photographs of various fish, crustaceans, and other
life forms trawled up from the Challenger Deep:

CHALLENGER DEEP TRIP
http://staffweb.itsligo.ie/staff/bcrowe/bill/chalt.htm

Finally, this PowerPoint Presentation offers very good examples of sea
life and photographs of the ocean floor in the Mariana Trench:

Http://www.wis.be/images/wis%20pictures/personalprojpwrpnt.ppt



I hope you find that my research exceeds your expectations. If you
have any questions about my research please post a clarification
request prior to rating the answer. Otherwise I welcome your rating
and your final comments and I look forward to working with you again
in the near future. Thank you for bringing your question to us.

Best regards;
Tutuzdad-ga ? Google Answers Researcher



INFORMATION SOURCES

WIKIPEDIA
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mariana_Trench

THE DEEPEST SPOT ON EARTH
http://www.diveweb.com/uw/archives/arch/uw-wi99.04.htm

other defined above


SEARCH STRATEGY

SEARCH ENGINE USED:

Google ://www.google.com


SEARCH TERMS USED:

Don Walsh 

Jacques Piccard

Mariana trench

Challenger deep

Trieste

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Clarification of Answer by tutuzdad-ga on 27 Jun 2004 11:00 PDT

Thank you for your generous rating. 

Sure, you can certainly ask for a specific researcher if you have a
favorite. The best way to do this it so write "For Tutuzdad Only", for
example, in your subject line or you can simply mention the researcher
by name in the body of your question if you prefer to do it that way.

I look forward to next time.

regards;
tutuzdad-ga

Thank you ever so much for your response, it was extremeley helpful
and I will definitely recommend you to anyone needing any type of info
in future - can I ask for you in person? Thanks again

http://www.marianatrench.com/ should have something useful.

Ian G.

Hi Ian, thanks for that but I have already searched all the sites
google gave me and they haven't turned up any pictures. Thanks again
though!

traceym-ga: Try Google Images with Mariana trench. There is a nice
color diagram in Ideo.columbia/edu.
Good luck,
monroe22