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James Cameron, the director of 'Titanic' and 'Avatar', takes a dive to the deepest point in the ocean. Picture courtesy: AP
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James Cameron took a dive to the Mariana Trench which is 7 miles beneath the surface of the western Pacific sea.
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It took Cameron seven years to prepare for this dive.
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Cameron is the first person to explore the deepest valley in the ocean since two men made a 20-minute foray there more than half a century ago.
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James Cameron is the only person to dive there solo, using a lime-green sub called Deepsea Challenger.
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Cameron spent about three hours gliding through the icy darkness, illuminated only by special lights on the one-man sub he helped design.
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'Titanic' director is the first person to reach the depth of 35,576 feet (10,843.5 meters), since it was initially explored in 1960.
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As per Cameron, the mission was all about exploration, science and discovery.
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The deepest section of the 1,500-mile(2,415-kilometer)-long Mariana Trench is so untouched that at first it appeared dull to Cameron.
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James Cameron couldn't reach the trench walls because he was running low on battery power.
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The trip to the deepest point took two hours and 36 minutes.
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The only thing that went wrong was a hydraulic failure that kept Cameron from collecting rocks and critters and bringing them back to land.
