This footage shows the deepest fish ever recorded on camera, in a Japanese trench 8,336 meters (27,349 ft) deep — more than 5 miles deep, in other words. According to Reuters, the video was taken as part of a 10-year research expedition by the University of Western Australia and the Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology to study the deepest fish in the world. | NowThis Earth

1.3M views · 3.9K shares | Watch: Drop-cam technology reveals footage of underwater life never before seen—including a gulper shark. | National Geographic | Facebook