Open+Ocean+Home

Welcome to the Open Ocean (home page, not the ocean itself). We are Sasawat P. and Andrew P.
Sasawat P and Andrew P are awesome. This is fine print. If you can read it you have pwnful eyesight. Andrew and Sasawat are not related even though they have the same last initial. DISCLAIMER: the opinions expressed by Sasawat P and Andrew P are not necessarily those of K Singh, but could be. This usually appears as a fine line on the screen. This is an underline filled with text, unlike line of fine micro print on checks and other important documents this line being made up of text and not a solid line serves no purpose what so ever. Thx for reading using your virtual magnifying glass (this is windows key + U). I congratulate you for trying so hard to read this. The line will now contain only random text from khere on asdfasdkjfalglk  The open ocean surrounds every continent. It is frozen in some places, over 35°C in some, and can get over 5 miles deep. Life varies from the brightest of corals to the dull gray stonefish, sitting at the bottom of the ocean waiting for a fish to swim by. The open ocean biome covers 60% of the Earths surface and contains more than one //million// life forms. There are so many species of life and so many still haven't been discovered. There are many zones in the Open Ocean. The Epipelagic layer is from 0 to 200m and is the only zone with enough light for photosynthesis, you can find marine mammals like dolphins and whales, sharks and jellyfish here, 90% of marine life is also found here. The next layer the Mesopelagic, is 200 to 1000m, fish like marlin, swordfish and other semi-deep-sea creatures, the temperature varies from 20 - 5°C. the Bathypelagic, 1000-4000m, no light comes in, temperature hovers slightly less than 5°C,are creatures that live using energy from deep sea vents, giant squid, its predator the sperm whale, anglerfish and many other strange creature live here, they must survive a crushing force of 75 megapascals (10000 psi) and temperatures of 3°C, that's nearly freezing, when you get into an average 25°C pool, it feels cold since water sucks heat away from you faster than air, imagine 3° C. Next there is the Abyssopelagic zone, from 4000m to the ocean floor, on the ocean floor there. Lastly there is the Hadopelagic zone, deep sea trenches, anything living here has to cope with 1000 atmospheres of pressure (1000 times the pressure at sea level).

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