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Descent: Surface to Hadal Zone

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Epipelagic Zone (Sunlight Zone) and what it relates to. Every line is an evidence-backed relation, and the arrangement is fixed — this address draws this picture, today and next year.

overlies — The epipelagic sits directly above the mesopelagic; the boundary is the conventional ~200 m mark, not a physical interface.originates_in — Marine snow is the debris of epipelagic primary production and grazing; the deep ocean's food budget is set in the sunlit layer.Marine SnowMarine SnowEpipelagic Zone (Sunlight Zone)Epipelagic Zone (Sunlight…Mesopelagic Zone (Twilight Zone)Mesopelagic Zone (Twiligh…
3 drawn · 4 reachable and not drawn · positions derived from object ids, never from a simulation
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Every relation drawn, in words2
  1. Epipelagic Zone (Sunlight Zone) · overlies · Mesopelagic Zone (Twilight Zone)

    The epipelagic sits directly above the mesopelagic; the boundary is the conventional ~200 m mark, not a physical interface.

  2. Marine Snow · originates_in · Epipelagic Zone (Sunlight Zone)

    Marine snow is the debris of epipelagic primary production and grazing; the deep ocean's food budget is set in the sunlit layer.