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Why This Washington Town is Falling into the Ocean: https://youtu.be/gHVHayO_V7E
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What if I told you that hidden at the bottom of this body of water are deadly, super-salty lakes that pickle any creature that wanders into them? Or that beneath these popular, sunny vacation beaches lies the exact crash site of the asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs? From underwater "Grand Canyons" to a massive current that acts as rocket fuel for monster hurricanes, welcome to the Gulf of Mexico—a massive body of water often overshadowed by the major oceans, but one that is actually an absolute powerhouse of natural extremes and human history.
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Chapters:
00:00 - Introduction
00:38 - Deadly Underwater "Lakes"
01:33 - Catastrophic Power Of The Loop Current
02:19 - Annual Summer "Dead Zone"
03:08 - The Plunging Depths Of Sigsbee Deep
03:52 - World's 9th Largest Body Of Water
04:47 - Sponsored By Rayon
06:42 - Ground Zero For Extinction
07:32 - Born From A Supercontinent
08:16 - Enormous Underwater Museum
09:03 - The Unrecognizable Ice Age Coastline
09:43 - Mapped Before The United States Existed
10:25 - America's "Third Coast"
11:10 - Global Titan Of Maritime Trade
11:51 - Iron Forests Of Offshore Oil
12:35 - Seafood Basket Of North America
13:16 - Coastline Carved By Human Engineering
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Stock footage and music acquired from www.envato.com, www.storyblocks.com and videvo.net.
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This has been a production of Sound Bight Media (soundbight.com)