Movie director James Cameron makes history with dive to deepest part of ocean

The Takeaway

Director James Cameron is back on dry land after travelling to the deepest point known on Earth, some seven miles below the surface of the ocean.

He's the first person to make the dive alone, and he spent about three hours there collecting research samples and taking pictures — in a specially designed submersible that he envisioned himself. It was revolutionary in many ways, not the least of which is that it moves up and down, generally, rather than forward and backward.

Even with all of the innovations, though, it took nearly two hours to reach bottom.

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