Tuesday, March 27, 2012

Video: James Cameron first solo dive to reach ocean?s deepest point

Movie director James Cameron descended to the Pacific Ocean?s Mariana Trench, more than 35,000 feet down, in the submersible Deepsea Challenger. NBC?s Mike Taibbi reports.

>>> the film director james cameron of titanic fame is famous for his epic movies . he's also a real-life adventurer, and today, he completed a big one. the first solo trip to the deepest part of the ocean, almost seven miles down below the surface of the pacific. his story from mike taibbi .

>> for the 57-year-old director, his ride for the trip was a lime green custom designed one man subhe called his vertical torpedo. able to withstand an incredible eight tons of pressure per square inch . it took him to the marianna trench. the very bottom of the pacific ocean floor, some 200 miles west of guam. for cameron and the national geographic society , it was a journey into one of the planet's enduring mysteries.

>> jacques cousteau used to say, if we knew what was there, we wouldn't have to go.

>> he nor his cameras saw any signs of life .

>> my feeling was one of complete isolation from all life.

>> starting with the abyss about a dive team's rescue of a disabled nuclear sub and through titanic and then avatar, he's indulged in an unlimited curiosity. he was thrilled to be the first to make the trip solely. in 1960 , a two-man team in a more primitive navvy sub had done so. and since he had already made over 70 descents in subs, he didn't need to parrot a line from one of his famous movies --

Source: http://video.msnbc.msn.com/nightly-news/46861946/

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