They say we know more about the surface of the Moon than we do about the bottom of the ocean, which is what made it so incredibly exciting when scientists decided to do what the rest of us are too chicken to, dive down to the seabed to get a look at what’s lurking there. The Japan “Ring Of Fire” Expedition explored some of the deepest parts of the ocean and documented nearly 30,000 organisms. The rest of this article is behind a paywall. Please sign in or subscribe to access the full content.

Want to see some of them? Of course you do.

Diving deep

The crewed submersibles dove down to the hadal zone between 6,939 to 9,775 meters (22,700 to 32,000 feet) below the sea in three Japanese subduction trenches called the Japan, Ryukyu, and Izu-Ogasawara trenches. It marked an unprecedented expl

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