Google Earth Image

        The Big Blue

This image really made me think how much of the earth we have not explored yet, and how much ocean there is, especially the Pacific Ocean.  It is the largest ocean in the world as you can see, and is also the deepest ocean in the world.  It extends from the Arctic Ocean in the North to the Southern Ocean in the south.  The Pacific Ocean covers an area of 65.3 MILLION square miles!  It makes up a third of the total surface, and half of the total water surface of the planet.  It is actually larger than all the continents of the world put together.  At the Equator, the Pacific Ocean stretches for a distance of 11,000 miles, which is almost half way around the planet.  This image also shows me how remote Hawaii and the French Polynesia islands are.  To think that people got out there thousands of years ago absolutely amazes me.  I did not realize how big this ocean is and how much of and area it covers.  It also makes me think about how much the human race has not discovered under those waters.