Cameron's Long Way Down: Mariana Trench
Seven miles is a long way down... more than a mile deeper than Mt. Everest is up. To reach the deepest part of the Mariana Trench, James Cameron had to descend past some pretty amazing milestones on his record-breaking dive. Here's a glimpse.
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It’s been more than 50 years since anyone ventured to the deepest spot on earth.
There’s a simple reason.
7 miles is a long way down.
It’ll take James Cameron about 90 minutes to touch bottom. Here’s his descent in one minute.
0-660 ft: 90 percent of ocean life lives here
800 feet: Dive depth of a nuclear submarine.
1,044 feet: Deepest recorded scuba dive
3,300 feet: Last trickle of sunlight.
8,200 feet: Deepest diving whale
12,467 feet: Titanic’s Final Resting Place
25,000 feet: The snailfish….deepest fish ever filmed
29,000 feet: Mount Everest…inverted.
36,000 feet: James Cameron in Challenger Deep.
