THE INCREDIBLE LEGACY OF FLIGHT MH370

The intense search for missing flight MH370 has resulted in one of the most detailed maps of the deep ocean so far created.

Geoscience Australia (the Australian government agency that coordinated the search) have now released a small portion of their data and the results are extraordinary. This previously little-known region is now known to be made up of seamounts, trenches, plateaus, canyons, and rocky outcrops. The level of detail with which the area was surveyed has also revealed shipwrecks, whale carcasses, and marine debris like oil barrels.

While the search did not find the plane, the information that the search has thrown up will be useful to geologists, marine biologists, and other scientists. It is also a fascinating documentation of a previously completely mysterious part of our water planet.