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Today marks the very first observance of Ocean Exploration Day!
OCEAN EXPLORATION DAYJanuary 23, 2023#oceanexplorationday On this day, January 23, in 1960, Jacques Piccard and US Navy Lieutenant Don Walsh reached a record depth of approximately 10,911 meters (35,797 ft) in the research bathyscaphe Trieste in the Challenger Deep of the Mariana Trench near Guam in the Pacific. Their dive fueled public interest in the…