CSIRO shines a light on Bass Canyon’s deep, dark underworld

ABC Online, Other, 13/04/2025, Gavin McGrath
Four thousand metres below the Southern Ocean surface lies a mysterious and alien world. Deep within the Bass Canyon — an 80-kilometre-long yawning gash in the sea floor — is a place of near complete darkness and crushing pressures. […] The CSIRO’s Research Vessel Investigator explored this submarine crevice with a combination of multi-beam sonar and visual camera photography during its autumn cruise off the Tasmanian coast.

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