Celebrity News | James Cameron visits bottom of Mariana Trench in deep sea vessel

Posted by sitaresmi on Monday, March 26, 2012

Celebrity News | James Cameron visits bottom of Mariana Trench in deep sea vessel


Celebrity News | James Cameron visits bottom of Mariana Trench in deep sea vessel. James Cameron has reached all-time low of the Pacific Ocean's Mariana Trench. The Avatar director unveiled plans to dive to all-time low of the Challenger Deep, the deepest a part of any ocean, in early March.
Cameron officially received all-time low of the ditch at 6pm ET (11pm BST) on Sunday (March 25) and came back to the surface within the early hours of Monday morning.

"All systems okay," he's quoted as saying on reaching the top of his seven-mile journey, whereas a post on Cameron's Twitter account read: "Just received the ocean's deepest pt. Hitting bottom never felt thus smart. cannot wait to share what i am seeing w/ you @DeepChallenge"

Cameron spent six hours within the trench capturing footage for a documentary, additionally collecting samples from the ocean floor throughout his visit. The director is merely the second person to create the dive, and also the 1st to try and do it alone. the primary dive happened in 1960 when U.S. Navy Lt. Don Walsh and Swiss oceanographer Jacques Piccard created the journey to the Mariana Trench.

Cameron's movie Titanic is ready for a re-release in 3D on April half-dozen within the US and April five within the UK. He has previously revealed that the sequel to his record-breaking sci-fi movie Avatar can occur in an underwater world. Watch a National Geographic video concerning James Cameron's deep-see dive below.

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