In this photo provided by National Geographic, the DEEPSEA CHALLENGER submersible carrying filmmaker and National Geographic Explorer-in-Residence James Cameron is hoisted into the Pacific Ocean on its way to the "Challenger Deep," the deepest part of the Mariana Trench, Sunday, March 25, 2012. (AP_Yonhap News)
Director James Cameron has returned to the surface of the Pacific Ocean after traveling to Earth's deepest point.
The director of ``Titanic'' and other films used a specially designed submarine called ``Deepsea Challenger'' to dive nearly seven miles (11 kilometers).
He spent time exploring and filming the Mariana Trench, about 200 miles (320 kilometers) southwest of the Pacific island of Guam.
He completed his mission Monday morning local time, Sunday evening on the U.S. East Coast, according to Stephanie Montgomery of the National Geographic Society.
Swiss engineer Jacques Piccard and Don Walsh, a U.S. Navy captain, are the only others to reach the spot. They spent about 20 minutes there during their 1960 dive but couldn't see much after their sub kicked up sand from the sea floor. (AP)
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