James Cameron Emerges from the DeepSea Challenger after his March 26, 2012 solo dive in the Mariana Trench, un-squashed by the enormous pressure that’s a thousand times that at sea level. (Photo: Mark Thiessen, AFP/Getty Images)
No, that wasn’t a crazy rumor you heard. James Cameron really did make a .
In fact, the Oscar-winning filmmaker is a who has been a part of eight deep ocean expeditions. He’s quite qualified to take a custom-built submarine to the deepest part of the Mariana Trench, below 7 miles of ocean and 16,000-pounds-per-inch of pressure.
Naturally, he’s very qualified to make made a movie about it, too. “” will bring the adventure in 3D to an IMAX screen tonight at the .
Since making “Avatar,” James Cameron has preferred blue environments. (Photo: DeepSea Challenge)
, who was a key part of the dive team, will be at the screening to speak and answer questions. Symons has clocked more than 200 hours at sea and two days below the surface mapping the seafloor along the rim of the Pacific Ocean Basin, focusing on the subducting plate at the Peru-Chile Trench, the Tonga-Kermadec Trench and the Aleutian Trench. On land, she acts a spokeswoman for science, particularly when it comes to encouraging women and girls.
In case you’re not yet convinced of the awesomeness of this expedition, consider this bit of perspective on the Mariana Trench from Cameron: “You could put Mount Everest on the bottom and four Empire State Buildings on top of that and not even break the surface.”
So, yeah. It’s pretty awesome. And dangerous. Experience it from a safe, cushy movie theater seat at 7 p.m. Tickets can be purchased at the museum, 2001 Colorado Blvd., or at .
The Mariana Trench is a crescent-shaped scar in the Earth’s crust that measuring more than 1,500 miles long and 43 miles wide on average. It is the planet’s deepest point. (Image: DeepSea Challenge)
