About Into the Midnight Zone: Secrets of the Ocean Void
In the deep ocean, life is divided between very different worlds. In the midwater, pelagic wanderers tread migratory routes that span entire oceans, and planktonic drifters and their predators take part in bioluminescent light shows. It is separated into zones based on depth, including the sunlight zone (epipelagic), twilight zone (mesopelagic), midnight zone (bathypelagic), abyssal and hadal zones. And below, lies the deep sea floor. A kingdom of mud and ooze, where sessile creatures cling to any solid outcrop and corals craft kingdoms on the seamount crusts. The worlds of the deep sea could not be more different, and yet their stories are fundamentally intertwined. In this episode, we delve into the Midnight Zone, a pitch-black zone of the deep sea where life has found peculiar ways to survive the immense pressure, from anglerfish to vampire squid to giant sharks. Episodes: 2 - The Midnight Zone - (this episode) 3 - The Abyssal Plain - coming soon 4 - Seamounts and Canyons - coming soon 5 - Hydrothermal Vents - coming soon Written, narrated and edited by me, Leo Richards.
Into the Midnight Zone: Secrets of the Ocean Void is presented by Natural World Facts. Its listed runtime is 56 minutes. The source link and publisher attribution are provided with the embedded film.
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- Title
- Into the Midnight Zone: Secrets of the Ocean Void
- Category
- Nature & Environment
- Runtime
- 56 minutes
- Language
- English
- Publisher
- Natural World Facts
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