What do the oceans mean to me?

It has been asked in the first week to describe the oceans from your own point of view. Here below is what they mean to me.

For me, oceans are MYSTERY. Light disappears rapidly in depth, after 1000 meters, it is the absolute darkness, deep and unknown. I chose this picture of a ROV (remotely operated vehicle) surrounded by this obscurity. Thanks to it, light is brought in the most obscure parts of our planet, and discoveries are infinite. 

(Image credit to NOAA )

For me, oceans are LIFE. Without oceans, life would not have appeared on Earth. The oceans also host spectacular ecosystems independent from the sunlight, such as the hydrothermal vents communities.

This is a picture I took when I was diving in the Red Sea. So much life in one picture – fishes, but also numerous corals forming the reefs.

For me, oceans are FREEDOM. Although, it is not yet weightlessness, it is only in water that you feel free of movement, you suddenly feel light. Thanks to the current technologies, you escape from the busy human life by diving into the blue. It is a privilege to explore it by yourself.

Again in the Red Sea – feeling free …