Somewhere in the South Pacific there is a patch of ocean so remote that the closest people are often astronauts flying overhead. Beneath it, thousands of metres down, lie the remains of hundreds of spacecraft. This animated explainer follows them all the way down.

Chapters:

0:00 Intro

0:36 The Loneliest Place on Earth

1:46 Nothing Stays Up Forever

2:38 The Fiery Ride Down

3:24 The Day Skylab Fell

4:26 Aiming for Nowhere

5:46 The Graveyard

6:48 Mir's Last Dive

7:47 The ISS's Final Mission

9:08 A Crowded Sky

• Point Nemo, the oceanic pole of inaccessibility, and why space agencies aim for it

• Why everything in low orbit eventually falls, and what reentry really does to a spacecraft

• Skylab's uncontrolled fall over Western Australia in 1979, Mir's controlled dive in 2001, and the plan to bring down the International Space Station

• English AI voiceover, original synthesized music and sound effects, mixed to -14 LUFS

• Original flat vector animation in 1080p at 60 fps, fact-checked against public sources

A calm, family-friendly look at one of the strangest places on Earth.