Race to the depths

Filmmaker James Cameron is mired in the depths of the pit of Mariana, who is a gold mine, minerals, energy resources (fish and terrific). Immediately, immediately started a race to the ocean depths

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IN THE DEPTHS OF THE OCEANS ARE RICH IN MINERAL DEPOSITS, FROM COPPER, ZINC AND GOLD

"The bottom touch has never been so beautiful", so said director James Cameron, having reached the end of pit Mariana in March 26 this year, the submarine "Deepsea Challenger". Since 1960 no one has had the courage and economic strength to become part of this business (except Swiss Jacques Piccard and Don Walsh American, who went down to bottom with a bathyscaphe in 1960). Now the director of the film " The Abyss ," "Titanic " and " Avatar " opened a new chapter in the exploration of the oceans.

only 3

In fact, since 26 March this year launched a real race to the depths, a limit only to be explored, just think about 3000 people climbed to the top of Mount Everest and 500 others who have traveled to space, while only 3 people so far have gone to the deepest point of the oceans, the Mariana trench. Already various societies are building submarines to explore the watery deep. Such is the society " Triton Submarines " already conducted a vehicle, first tested in the Bahamas, which is able to plunge over a thousand meters in depth. " Triton 36000/3 " is the model of a ship suitable for extreme depths. The design is centered on a range of highly stable glass with 15 centimeters Fat One, designed to offer tenants and appearance to face enormous pressures. " Triton 36000/3 " was able to catch two hours of the end of the Mariana pit and then stay in depth for three hours. On board there is only room for three people, two pilots and one scientist, or a tourist. In fact, the aim of this new business is reaching extreme depths trips to water. "Thousands of people have climbed Mount Everest, while many others are in the queue for a few minutes flight out terrestrial atmosphere. I'm sure there are so many people adventurers who are ready to go down to the deepest point of the oceans, for a fee of US $ 250,000, "says Bruce Jones, responsible society. According to Jones, the submarine will be ready in a few years.

Shaped submarine aircraft

Even Richard Branson who is preparing tourist trips into space, did not leave to miss out this new adventure together with his band "Virgin" is building " DeepFlight Challanger ".Branson announced the project to reach the deepest point of the oceans with another investor, Chris Welsh. "There are many obstacles that can have from this venture," says Welsh. "But beyond the challenge with ourselves, we can get many other data that will help us to know better our planet." Suffice it to say that, although ocean holes comprise only 3-4% of the oceans, they cover a space about the size of North America.

Already " DeepFlight Challanger " is proven in water and is designed as an "underwater plane". It has a structure similar to that of aircraft and arms with a special profile, convex on the bottom, which allows him to "fly" in the water at the bottom. With " DeepFlight Challanger " that the board is only one person, can be reached Mariana pit late for two hours. The purpose of Welsh is diving into the pits different points touching on all deep oceans.

mine water

Society "Doer Marine" is focused on navigation. The idea is to build submarines for extreme depths, which needs more scientific community. "We want to build a reliable tool for studying all ocean depths, from the deepest points them closer to the sea surface," explains Liz Taylor, president of the company, Doer Marine. Therefore submarines will be very important for both scientists will be on board; submarine will have wings Robot to get materials and living organisms, and to stand for many hours in the water.

Except submarines that are meant to be immersed up to 11,000 meters depth, there are others that are built for smaller depth (up to 5-6 thousand meters), as Chinese submarine " Jiaolong ", after various tests it He managed to descend to 5,057 meters in the Pacific.The Chinese aim is to discover true treasures of the ocean floor, with rich deposits of various minerals. China has received the approval of the " International Seabed Authority" to explore polymetallic sulphide deposits, rich in metals. It is estimated that these deposits, so far encountered especially in the Pacific range from a few thousand up to 100 million tons.

earthquakes

The aim is not only underwater mining. What can be found in approximately 20 holes ocean and basically their depth? Reasons to be absorbed in depth are numerous. At the end of the oceans there are hundreds of volcanoes off, after the movement of holes completed within a tile and then beneath the continents. "These 'male' create friction strong underwater with continental plate and can not be excluded that promote strong earthquakes, as he Sumatra or Japan," explains Jim Gardner American center "Coastal and Ocean Mapping".

Wilderness? not

Although Cameron did not see much (described ocean floor like a desert), life in depth exists and is alive, despite the lack of light and the pressure is 1000 times higher than that on the surface, and temperatures around 0ºC. "Even in the deepest point has activity", says Alan Jamieson from the University "Ocealab" of Aberdeen (UK). Jamieson is absorbed in depth with lures and cameras. At different depths filmed fish species "Scorpaeniformes " and the Antipodes. Scientists "Scripps Institution of Oceanography" have filmed a giant amoeba type (ksenofiofor, the depths unicellular organisms may have a diameter of 10 cm) in the Mariana trench, at a depth of 10,600 meters. They hope to discover and study microorganisms depths of which can receive medically necessary substances, or perhaps to degrade the plastic, or to clean up oil spills.

Mariana pits , holes, the deepest ocean exists. Located in the Pacific, to the east of the Mariana Islands. E over 2500 kilometers, its point is 10.994 meters deep below sea level

10.898 meters:  Depth reached by director James Cameron is a record for diving "lonely"

In depth : " Deepsea Challenger ", the submarine with which James Cameron plunged into the depths of the Mariana Trench pit. Vertical-shaped, 7.3 meters long, the board is only two people, the pilot and visitor

The first in-depth : Don Walsh (left) and Jacques Piccard returning to the surface with batiskafin " Trieste " in 1960, after immersion in the Mariana trench. They reached 10.916 meters depth.