sunlit turquoise ocean with god rays
DESCENT/ the deep
10M
200M
1KM
4KM
11KM
0 — 200 M

The Sunlight Zone

Where light still rules. Warmth, colour, and the familiar blue you can swim back up into.

diver descending into deep blue with light from above
DESCENT/ the deep
10M
200M
1KM
4KM
11KM
200 — 1,000 M

The Twilight Zone

The last of the sun. Colour drains away until only a single, bruised blue remains.

glowing blue bioluminescent jellyfish in dark water
DESCENT/ the deep
10M
200M
1KM
4KM
11KM
1,000 — 4,000 M

The Midnight Zone

No sun has ever reached here. The only light left is the light that is alive.

deep water with glowing turquoise caustics in the dark
DESCENT/ the deep
10M
200M
1KM
4KM
11KM
4,000 — 6,000 M

The Abyss

Crushing. Freezing. Eternal dark — pressure that would fold steel like paper.

lone diver silhouette against a single burst of light in darkness
DESCENT/ the deep
10M
200M
1KM
4KM
11KM
6,000 — 11,000 M

The Hadal Trench

The bottom of the world. Eleven kilometres down — and even here, in one small circle of light, life still holds on.