We continue to explore amazing places on our beautiful planet.

This time we take a journey deep beneath the oceans. Hidden beneath all that water are some of the biggest natural formations on earth.

Deep underwater we find the longest mountain ranges, the tallest volcanoes and the deepest canyons.

We might think that Grand Canyon is big, but it is nothing compared to Zhemchug that is so huge it can only be seen entirely from space!

Zhemchug Canyon is a giant underwater canyon located in the middle of the Bering Sea.

It is deeper than the Grand Canyon (1.83 km deep) at 2.6km deep. Zhemchug Canyon is the largest submarine canyon in the world, based on drainage area (11,350 km2) and volume (5800 km3).

This is what Zhemchug Canyon looks from space.

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