On March 25^th, 2012, James Cameron, the director behind Avatar and Titanic, traveled to the bottom of Challenger Deep, the deepest point of the Mariana Trench at almost 7 miles total. Equipped with a one man submersible eight years in the making, he was able to stay at the bottom for over six hours in order to collect 3D footage and other available samples. However, a trip such as this doesn’t come cheap. The last eight years have cost Cameron vast amounts of money as he has personally paid for the construction of his sub, the first of its kind. On top of that he has spent these last few years perfecting the sub and putting it through many trails in order to maximize its ability to collect useful data as well as bring him back alive. The pressure at this depth can kill a human instantly were there a single leak in the structure of the sub so there is no room for error. Man certainly does not have dominion at these depths.

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