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The deep sea presses a car's weight on every square cm.
At the bottom of the Challenger Deep, nearly 11 km down, the pressure exceeds a thousand atmospheres — roughly the weight of a small car pressing on every square centimetre. Styrofoam cups sent down strapped to research gear come back the size of thimbles, crushed evenly from every side.
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- The Challenger Deep bottoms out nearly 11 kilometres down.
- Pressure there tops 1,000 atmospheres — a small car's weight on every square centimetre.
- Styrofoam cups strapped to research gear come back the size of thimbles, crushed evenly.
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