Implacable
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“The sea is as deepe in a calme as in a storme.” ~ John Donne, Sermons, Mundus Mari
“If hypothetically Mount Everest were placed into the trench at this point, its peak would still be under water by more than two kilometres (1.2 mi).[a]
“At the bottom of the trench, the water column above exerts a pressure of 1,086 bars (15,750 psi), more than 1,071 times the standard atmospheric pressure at sea level….”[6]
~Wikipedia, “Mariana Trench”
Deepest Ocean The Mariana Trench Location History and Depth – InfoBush
A hurricane builds up and crosses seas
And oceans. Crashing waves rage on beyond
Their depths. On days when there is just a breeze,
Atlantic caves are steep, not in some pond.
Typhoons traverse the Mariana deeps,
But when the mildest winds or settled calm
Descend above, profundity still keeps
Its utterness, more dense than any psalm
That David dared not write. A cyclone roars
Along the surface of Pacific waves
But it is silliness. Lost dinosaurs
Are chasmed darker than an ocean’s naves.
..The fathoms are the fathoms. They do not
….Require distress. They are forever taut.