This morning, I woke up with this video with some wonders of our world, posted by @nhok on Mastodon.

[paulschoe@mastodon.world]

This morning, I woke up with this video with some wonders of our world, posted by @nhok on Mastodon.

Be surprised and enjoy this glance at what our earth offers 8,000 meters below sea level.

(I haven't seen anything like this from Mars yet 😉)

#Earth #Wonders #DeepSea #Ocean

[evan@cosocial.ca]

@paulschoe @nhok it looks like AI and there's not a source given.

[paulschoe@mastodon.world]

@evan

Thanks, Evan, I'll keep an eye open and will post here if I get any confirmation on reality or of proof of AI.

@nhok

[evan@cosocial.ca]

@paulschoe @nhok there's a good article in Nature from this year showing discoveries of animal ecosystems at that depth. They are chemo synthetic -- they live off the energy from volcanic vents. Unfortunately, they don't look a lot like the animals in nhok's video.

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-09317-z

[evan@cosocial.ca]

@paulschoe @nhok BBC coverage here

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c3wnqe5j99do

[evan@cosocial.ca]

@paulschoe @nhok i found a copy of the video using Google image search here, but without any other credits

https://www.aparat.com/v/fmfpnem

[evan@cosocial.ca]

@paulschoe @nhok here it is on Instagram. Still no credit!

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DG_SMNpMUPs/

[evan@cosocial.ca]

@paulschoe @nhok i don't think either one is the source though. 🤷🏼‍♂️

[naturemc@mastodon.online]

@evan I went back from there to a possible source on Instagram using AI: https://mastodon.online/@NatureMC/115566625496867055

@paulschoe @nhok

[evan@cosocial.ca]

@NatureMC @paulschoe @nhok so, one of the big question marks is how colourful all the animals are. At that depth, almost no light is present, so there's not a lot of evolutionary value in colourful displays. Nobody can see them!