Cameron journeys to Earth’s depths
Hollywood icon filmmaker James Cameron has completed his journey to Earth’s deepest point. The Oscar-winning director of films like Titanic and Avatar used a specially designed submarine to dive nearly seven miles (11 kms) into the ocean. He spent time exploring and filming the Mariana Trench, about 200 miles (320 kilometers) Southwest of the Pacific island of Guam, according to members of the National Geographic expedition. Cameron returned to the surface of the Pacific Ocean on Monday morning local time. He spent a little more than three hours under-water after reaching a depth of 35,756 feet (10,898 meters) before he began his return to the surface, according to information provided by the expedition team. He had planned to spend up to six hours on the sea floor. A medical team was present when Cameron, 57, emerged from the sub, according to the expedition. The scale of the trench is hard to grasp — it’s 120 times larger than the Grand Canyon and more than a mile deeper than Mount Everest is tall. "It's really the first time that human eyes have had an opportunity to gaze upon what is a very alien landscape," said Terry Garcia, the National Geographic Society's executive VP for mission programs, via phone from Scotland. The film director has been an oceanography enthusiast since childhood and has made 72 deep-sea submersible dives.
Hollywood icon filmmaker James Cameron has completed his journey to Earth’s deepest point. The Oscar-winning director of films like Titanic and Avatar used a specially designed submarine to dive nearly seven miles (11 kms) into the ocean. He spent time exploring and filming the Mariana Trench, about 200 miles (320 kilometers) Southwest of the Pacific island of Guam, according to members of the National Geographic expedition. Cameron returned to the surface of the Pacific Ocean on Monday morning local time. He spent a little more than three hours under-water after reaching a depth of 35,756 feet (10,898 meters) before he began his return to the surface, according to information provided by the expedition team. He had planned to spend up to six hours on the sea floor. A medical team was present when Cameron, 57, emerged from the sub, according to the expedition. The scale of the trench is hard to grasp — it’s 120 times larger than the Grand Canyon and more than a mile deeper than Mount Everest is tall. "It's really the first time that human eyes have had an opportunity to gaze upon what is a very alien landscape," said Terry Garcia, the National Geographic Society's executive VP for mission programs, via phone from Scotland. The film director has been an oceanography enthusiast since childhood and has made 72 deep-sea submersible dives.
No comments:
Post a Comment