Ocean Depth

Marine Life and Landmarks

How long is this experience?

We are made of roughly 60% water. However, the oceans of our planet are still a vast unknown. A dark, cold and sometimes scary place if you have thalassophobia, but always fascinating. Oceans are deep, so deep we humans have barely glanced at their bottom.

To show it accurately, we use a linear 1:378 scale. Every centimeter you see on your screen represents 3.78m of real ocean water (or 31.5 feet per inch).

To reach the bottom of Challenger Deep at 10,935m, you are scrolling down a webpage that is 109,350 pixels long. Physically, that is 28.93 m (94.9 ft) deep, roughly the height of a 9-story building.