» This Story:Read +|Watch +| Comments

The Sant Ocean Hall

After five years of extensive renovations, the Museum of Natural History's newest exhibit opens Saturday, Sept. 27.

Note: Please upgrade your Flash plug-in to view our enhanced content.

This Story
Going Deep
Article | Water, water everywhere. The ocean covers 71 percent of the Earth's surface and comprises 95 percent of the planet's livable space. It is, on average, as deep as 22 Washington Monuments stacked end to end. Only 10 people have explored it beyond 3 1/2 miles down. Those are just a few of the facts ...
Discussion Policy
Comments that include profanity or personal attacks or other inappropriate comments or material will be removed from the site. Additionally, entries that are unsigned or contain "signatures" by someone other than the actual author will be removed. Finally, we will take steps to block users who violate any of our posting standards, terms of use or privacy policies or any other policies governing this site. Please review the full rules governing commentaries and discussions. You are fully responsible for the content that you post.
» This Story:Read +|Watch +| Comments
© 2008 www.washingtonpost.com