I learned from playing DREDGE that "hadal" comes from "Hades", while "abyssal" comes from the Greek word meaning "bottomless".

But the term that means "bottomless" is the shallower of the two!

Words sometimes don't make sense.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hadal_zone

#DredgeGame #Abyssal #Hadal #etymology

Hadal zone - Wikipedia

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A 2024 invertebrate print for #invertefest: made for the deepest prompt of #InsertAnInvert2024, hadal - which refers to the deepest ocean trenches 6 km or more, it’s the headless chicken monster!

This is a lino block print of a strange-looking sea cucumber called Enypniastes eximia, the swimming sea cucumber, the pink see-through fantasia or the headless chicken monster!🧵

#linocut #sciart #printmaking #Enypniastes #headlessChickenMonster #seaCucumber #invertebrate #hadal #invertefest2024

A new way to discover life in the #ocean’s #hadal zone https://www.whoi.edu/oceanus/feature/a-new-way-to-discover-life-in-the-oceans-hadal-zone/

"#HadalZone, depth ranging from 6,000 meters and deeper, is home to #animal life that is adapted to crushing pressure, inky blackness, and island-like habitats. Every species #scientists find can tell us more about where to look for life beyond our planet. We just need to catch them. That’s where #WHOI biologist Johanna Weston comes in... she’s designing a new sampler... the first rated for much deeper missions"

A new way to discover life in the ocean’s deepest, darkest places

WHOI ecologist Johanna Weston devises a novel tool to catch and study life in the ocean's most extreme depths

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