where do they run cables?

[nageov3t]

I was reading this article today:

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/19/technology/19cable.html

and it got me thinking... where do they run transcontinental cables? oO is it just like a cable on the ocean floor or something? could some terrorist launch an attack on our internet with a diving suit and scissors?

 

[SuperNaruto]

http://www.globalcrossing.com/

 

[FoBoT]

yes, they are big cables laying on the ocean floor