
The Mariana Trench lies in the western Pacific, shaped like a crooked scar on the seafloor. It’s a whopping two and a half thousand kilometers long and about seventy kilometers wide, stretching across an area so remote it’s practically untouched by human hands. The trench is the result of subduction, a process where the Pacific Plate is shoved under the smaller Mariana Plate. This tectonic drama not only carved out the trench but also built the neighboring Mariana Islands, a chain of volcanic wonders rising from the deep. But within this shadowy abyss lies a secret that could rewrite life as we know it.
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