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First video from James Cameron dive released
March 27, 2012
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said he had hoped to see some strange deep sea monster like a creature that would excite the storyteller in him and seem like out of his movies, but he didn't.
But that was OK, he said, it was all about exploration, science and discovery. He is the only person to dive there solo, using a sub he helped design - the Deepsea Challenger. He is the first person to reach that depth - 35,576 feet - since it was initially explored in 1960.
Don Walsh and Jacques Piccard made the only other visit 52 years ago.
He spent time
said he had hoped to see some strange deep sea monster like a creature that would excite the storyteller in him and seem like out of his movies, but he didn't.
But that was OK, he said, it was all about exploration, science and discovery. He is the only person to dive there solo, using a sub he helped design - the Deepsea Challenger. He is the first person to reach that depth - 35,576 feet - since it was initially explored in 1960.
Don Walsh and Jacques Piccard made the only other visit 52 years ago.
He spent time
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