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See James Cameron emerge from the deepest point on Earth after taking a submarine to the Mariana Trench
Avatar film director James Cameron has completed the world’s first solo dive to the deepest-known point on Earth, reaching the bottom of the Pacific Ocean’s Mariana Trench southwest of Guam in a specially designed submarine.
The filmmaker arrived at the site known as “Challenger Deep” shortly before 8 a.m. local time on Monday, reaching a depth of 35,756 feet, or roughly 7 miles beneath the ocean’s surface, said the National Geographic Society, which is overseeing the expedition.
“Hitting bottom never felt so good. Can’t wait to share what I’m seeing w/ you,” the 57-year-old filmmaker said on Twitter, just after he touched down. (Photos: Reuters/National Geographic/Mark Thiessen)
Graphic: Voyage to the bottom of the Mariana Trench
At a depth of 11,034 metres, the Mariana Trench is the lowest point on the surface of the Earth’s crust. And it’s become the focus of an inner-space race between filmmaker James Cameron and Sir Richard Branson
