The bears had every single chance to take the markets 20, 000 leagues below the sea.
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These containers float just below the sea surface and represent a serious hazard to navigation.
The well is gushing because of the pressure the oil is under in its reservoir 4, 300 metres below the sea bed.
So far, the first relief well is only about 1, 000 metres or so below the sea bed, and the second has only just been started.
We also took a look at the BP's first massive oil containment dome, which the company plans to lower 5, 000 feet below the sea to plug up the leak.
So it may be wiser to wait for the relief wells that are being drilled to get down to the point, 4, 000 metres below the sea bed, where they will intersect the existing well.
Using Linux-based servers working in parallel, they generate a computer model of how a drill bit must twist and turn to hit one or more formations as much as 9, 000 meters below the sea floor.
In a similar way to how large parts of icebergs are hidden below the sea surface, the turbine has a 100 metre draft that is anchored to the seabed with cables, that can be up to 700 metres long.
Anything substantially lower will indicate that oil is escaping through some broken piping and flowing into other rock formations below the sea floor with the possibility that it could find a way to burst through the floor into the sea from a different location.
Below, the sea made a thick foam as it thrashed against the rocks, sending an occasional bubble floating to the sky.
The Coast Guard's efforts to come to grips with what was happening almost one mile below the surface of the sea were complicated by conflicting reports from remotely operated vehicles.
To the east of Bethlehem, chalky hills sink below sea level towards the Dead Sea and the ancient city of Jericho, immortalized in the Bible for its walls that tumbled under the blasts of trumpets (Joshua 6:20).
For the best views, retreat up the steep hillside (by foot or taxi) to the sleepy town of Monticello, which may lack action but more than makes up for it with sweeping vistas of the sea below and mountains in the distance.
Photographer Lewis Bush has been exploring the island of Canvey which sits below sea level, making pictures of the 14 miles of sea walls that now protects the residents and speaking to some of those who live there.
"For foreigners, it is really frightening to be under sea level, and even more frightening to have the collection below sea level, " says Pijbes.
In the Netherlands, where large areas are below sea level, the 1953 surge killed more than 1, 700 people.
Only a year after the Tay Bridge was completed, it collapsed during a storm while a passenger train carrying an estimated 75 people was crossing, plunging the train into the sea below and killing all on board.
Robichaux liked the fact that it was on higher ground, 8 feet above sea level, compared with 4 feet below sea level at the school he was supposed to run, KIPP Phillips.
McMoran has been developing expertise in drilling at extreme depths below sea level in the shallow waters of the gulf.
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Since the streets of New Orleans sit mostly below sea level, it would very likely become a satellite submarine as the storm water surges into the city.
Palestinian and Austrian companies are investing heavily in Oasis, a sprawling tourist complex below sea-level in the desert.
But engineers say the levees preventing this below-sea-level city from being turned into a swamp were built to withstand only Category 3 hurricanes.
The cleanest approach would be to get rid of federal flood insurance entirely and let the private market price the risks of living below sea level or in flood-prone areas.
One way would be to fill much of the city that's below sea level.
An earthquake could flood much of the Delta, which is below sea level.
New Orleans sits mostly below sea level on swampland on the east bank of the Mississippi River and south of Lake Pontchartrain.
The road dips a precipitous path along the ridge from where the deep geological gash of the Great Rift Valley cascades downwards to meet its bottom at the Dead Sea, 400m below sea level.
On current trends the world will miss the target of keeping the rise in temperatures below 2C, which experts say increases the risk of drought and rising sea levels.
Through the glass observation panels in the floor, I looked down at the sea, nine hundred feet below us.
The surface of the inland waterway sits at the lowest land point on the planet, more than 400m below sea level.
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