Marianas Trench Dive
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I am surprised that there is not more coverage of the imminent dive to the bottom of the Marianas trench by James Cameron. He certainly seems to have taken his hobby to the next level and will be only the third person ever to reach the deepest point in the ocean, assuming all goes well.
Some fascinating engineering has gone in to the submersible and it will be interesting to see what images come back.
Some fascinating engineering has gone in to the submersible and it will be interesting to see what images come back.
yeah meant to start a thread on this before, couple mates of mine are on board the support vessel as ROV crew so have seen a few updates on facebook.
seen on twitter that hes now the deepest solo diver at 25550 ft. not sure i could handle being down there all on my own!
good site for updates here.
http://deepseachallenge.com/
seen on twitter that hes now the deepest solo diver at 25550 ft. not sure i could handle being down there all on my own!
good site for updates here.
http://deepseachallenge.com/
chrisj_abz said:
yeah meant to start a thread on this before, couple mates of mine are on board the support vessel as ROV crew so have seen a few updates on facebook.
seen on twitter that hes now the deepest solo diver at 25550 ft. not sure i could handle being down there all on my own!
good site for updates here.
http://deepseachallenge.com/
Good read, that.seen on twitter that hes now the deepest solo diver at 25550 ft. not sure i could handle being down there all on my own!
good site for updates here.
http://deepseachallenge.com/
A twitter feed as of 27 minutes ago reports Cameron at 32,300ft and stting bricks.
Yes, reading up on this the other day when I saw it tucked away on the beeb website, I think the original drop by Trieste was perhaps more pioneering, and I can't believe it's been 60 odd years since it's been done, but I'm taking nothing away from Cameron, what a great thing to do, hats off to him.
PS - thanks for the links, bet he is stting bricks!!
PS - thanks for the links, bet he is stting bricks!!
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