Earth’s lost frontier is about to be explored firsthand after more than half a century

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James Cameron, others to explore the real abyss (AP)

16 March 2012

WASHINGTON — Earth’s lost frontier is about to be explored firsthand after more than half a century. It’s a mission to the deepest part of the ocean, so deep that the pressure is the equivalent of three SUVs sitting on your toe. snip

In the next several days, James Cameron, director of films “Titanic,” “Avatar” and “The Abyss,” plans to dive nearly 7 miles (11 kilometers) down in a one-man lime green submarine that he helped design. The location is the Mariana Trench in the South Pacific.

Airline and telecom entrepreneur Richard Branson is not far behind. And former Google CEO Eric Schmidt is funding another deep-water submarine project that still is on the drawing boards.

More people have been to the moon than to this place beneath the sea roughly 200 miles (322 kilometers) southwest of Guam.

[DFW]

1. I hope his craft has some REALLY sohpisticated cameras

I live for documentaries about the deep ocean. It's a world ten times as wondrous as the surface of the moon to me.

[lunatica]

2. I was just going to post saying I hope they take tons of film and photos.

I think James Cameron will.

[snooper2]

3. I can GUARNTEE they have some high dollar cameras for this mission..

It's not like they are going to go down there and film with a potato like half the people on youtube

[NNN0LHI]

6. I fixed the link and the article says the are going to take 3-D footage

I agree we will see some amazing stuff.

Don

[hifiguy]

4. If anyone has the money to do this right

it's Cameron and Branson. Can't wait for the films!

[xchrom]

5. The best to both - can't wait to see the film

Of what they get.