Pacific Ocean width at about 5°N latitude, where it stretches approximately from Indonesia to the coast of Colombia—halfway around the world, and more than five times the diameter of the Moon. The lowest known point on Earth—the Mariana Trench—lies below sea level. Its average depth is , putting the total water volume at roughly . Due to the effects of plate tectonics, the Pacific Ocean is currently shrinking by roughly per year on three sides, roughly averaging a year. By contrast, the Atlantic Ocean is increasing in size. Along the Pacific Ocean's irregular western margins lie many seas, the largest of which
The Greatest Show on Earth (film) Earth" was the first film that director Steven Spielberg saw and he credits it as one of the major inspirations that led him into a film career. He pointed out the film's train crash scene as a major influence, and this influence was later reflected in the 2011 science fiction film "Super 8", which he produced. In Steven Spielberg's remake of "The War of the Worlds", an early scene shows two kids channel-surfing on their television, and the train-wreck scene from "The Greatest Show on Earth" is being broadcast. The Greatest Show on Earth (film) The Greatest Show on Earth