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News Release 09-118
The Abyss: Deepest Part of the Oceans No Longer Hidden
Nereus is first undersea vehicle to enable routine scientific investigation of ocean depths worldwide
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The hybrid remotely operated vehicle Nereus may be tethered or untethered to a mother ship.
Credit: WHOI
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The HROV Nereus has successfully reached the abyss: the deepest part of the world's oceans.
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The hybrid remotely operated vehicle Nereus collects sediment from the Mariana Trench.
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The Mariana Trench, the deepest part of the world's oceans, is near Guam.
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The Mariana Trench is the boundary between two tectonic plates: the Pacific and the Mariana.
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