Explorer James Cameron emerges from the DEEPSEA CHALLENGER submersible after his successful solo dive March 26, 2012 to the Mariana Trench, the deepest part of the ocean. Cameron plunged about seven miles (11 kilometers) to the bottom of the Marina Trench in the western Pacific, where temperatures are barely above freezing and the pressure is a crushing thousand times that at sea level. The dive was part of DEEPSEA CHALLENGE, a joint scientific expedition by Cameron, the National Geographic Society and Rolex to conduct deep-ocean research. One-time use for coverage or promotion of DEEPSEA CHALLENGE dated 2012 and exclusively in conjunction thereof. Copying, distribution, archiving, sublicensing, sale, or resale of the image is prohibited. AFP PHOTO/HANDOUT/ Mark Thiessen/National Geographic Filmmaker and National Geographic == One-time use for coverage or promotion of DEEPSEA CHALLENGE dated 2012 and exclusively in conjunction thereof. Copying, distribution, archiving, sublicensing, sale, or resale of the image is prohibited == DEFAULT: Failure to comply with the prohibitions and requirements set forth above will obligate the individual or entity receiving this image to pay a fee determined by National Geographic.
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