James Cameron reaches deepest spot on Earth

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hollywood icon james cameron has made earth's deepest point.

director of "titanic," ''avatar" , other films used specially designed submarine dive 7 miles, completing journey little before 8 a.m. monday local time, according stephanie montgomery of national geographic society.

plans spend 6 hours exploring , filming mariana trench, 200 miles southwest of pacific island of guam.
"all systems ok," cameron's first words upon reaching bottom, according statement. arrival @ depth of 35,756 feet came sunday evening on u.s. east coast, after descent took more 2 hours.

scale of trench hard grasp — it's 120 times larger grand canyon , more mile deeper mount everest tall.

cameron made dive aboard 12-ton, lime-green sub called "deepsea challenger." planned collect samples biologists , geologists study.

"it's first time human eyes have had opportunity gaze upon alien landscape," said terry garcia, national geographic society's executive vp mission programs, via phone pitlochry, scotland.

first , time dove these depths in 1960. swiss engineer jacques piccard , u.s. navy capt. don walsh took 5 hours reach bottom , stayed 20 minutes. had little report on saw, however, because submarine kicked sand ocean floor.

"he going seeing none of have ever seen before. going opening new worlds scientists," garcia said.
1 of risks of dive deep extreme water pressure. @ 6.8 miles below surface, pressure equivalent of 3 suvs sitting on toe.

cameron told associated press in interview after 5.1 mile-deep practice run near papua new guinea earlier month pressure "is in of mind." submarine implode in instant if leaked, said.

while little apprehensive beforehand, wasn't scared or nervous while underwater.

"when on dive have trust engineering done right," said.

film director has been oceanography enthusiast since childhood , has made 72 deep-sea submersible dives. thirty-three of dives have been wreckage of titanic, subject of 1997 hit film.

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i'd see finds down there. 35,000 feet hella deep.

 

next of caves on planet ... deep sea holds secrets on earth

 

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