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From Behind the Camera to the Bottom of the Ocean

Famous director James Cameron, known for his blockbuster films including Titanic, Avatar, and The Terminator, is into more than movies. On March 25, Cameron added “deep sea diver” to his ever-growing list of accomplishments. He didn’t become just any deep sea diver, though: Cameron successfully plunged to the deepest known part of the ocean, making a descent of nearly seven miles, to explore Challenger Deep.

Challenger Deep is the ocean’s deepest point, located in the Western Pacific Ocean, near Guam. The trench in which the Challenger Deep is located is so deep that, if you turned Mount Everest upside-down, it would still not fill the space! Diving so far below the surface is not only difficult, it is quite dangerous. There have only been four successful descents, but James Cameron was the first and only to do the mission alone. His descent took two-and-a-half hours, and Cameron then spent a total of three hours on the ocean floor. He took samples of the environment, as well as captured plenty of film, which he plans to turn into a movie. Though no one is stating whether or not another descent will take place, many scientists believe that this expedition marks a new way for us to study science and the vast ocean world, which will hopefully lead to further exploration.

 

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