James Cameron Explores the Mariana Trench !!!

James Cameron, the director of mega blockbusters Avatar and Titanic, has reached the depths of the Mariana Trench, a decent of nearly 11 km below sea level. He accomplished this in a 7.3-meter submersible designed to reach the bottom of Challenger Deep, the deepest place on Earth. Cameron is the first person to explore Challenger Deep - located south of Guam in the Pacific Ocean -in a single-person submersible, and recorded this incredible feat on March 26, 2012.

   Upon resurfacing, Cameron was cheered by his team members. “We all did it, I was just the [unlucky one] that had to get crammed in here to go take the ride,” Cameron exclaimed. Speaking to reporters, Cameron described his journey: “My feeling was one of complete isolation from all of humanity. I felt as though literally in the space of one day, I've gone to another planet and come back.”

The dive follows seven years of planning, including the design and construction of a specialized submarine that could withstand the incredible pressure at the ocean floor, which actually squeezes the sub so much that it reduces its overall length by several centimeters.

   It took Cameron 2 hours and 37 minutes to reach the bottom and only 70 minute to come back up. Cameron spent a little more than three hours at the bottom of the Mariana Trench before returning. A malfunction in the hydraulic system kept him from bringing back most of his sediment sample. He wasn't able to close the sample door and lost most of it on the trip back to the surface. Still, Cameron was hopeful that some new microbial species would be found in what he was able to bring back.

   The Mariana Trench is so remote that we don’t know even the basic of what is down there, other than small invertebrates and arthropods. Scientists do not know, for example, if there are any fish that far down. The only other time that Challenger Deep has been explored was in 1960 when Jacques Piccard, a Swiss oceanographer, and Don Walsh, a U.S. Navy captain, explored the bottom for 20 minutes in the bathyscaphe Trieste. They also had to cut their mission short when they found cracks developing in their viewing window. Piccard passed away in 2008, but Walsh was one of the team members on hand for Cameron’s historic dive.

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Well , This thing is far more important than my entire life !
LOL ~ what a time to discover that... : )





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Weekly Science Quiz
by Douglas Clark

Zero Gravity !!!

Tell me what you did to me
Just air beneath my feet
Didn't even notice we were miles above the ground
I'm not afraid of heights
We crashed into the sky
Didn't know that I could feel the way that I do now
I'm not asking for an explanation
All I know is that you take me away
And you show me how to fly..

   Nothing brings me down 

   When you're around 

   It's like zero gravity 

   The world just disappears 

   When you're here 

   It's zero gravity 

   When things get messed up 

   I lift my head up 

   And I get lost in the clouds 

   There's no sense of time with you and I 

   It's zero gravity !!

The ages fade away 

Till there's no more shades of gray 

You only have to whisper anything at all 

You opened up my eyes 

You turn my lows to highs 

And that's the only way that I know how to fall 

Not gonna analyze or try to fight it 

Don't even care if it makes no sense at all 

'Cause with you I can fly..!!

//

You make it 

So easy 

To just drift away 

I can't 

Imagine 

Being without you 

//

"All I know is that you take me away 
And you show me how to fly..." 

Thanks and
HAPPY BIRTHDAY Archie !!! 

Arosha - A Ray Of Light

He asks me “ How is he ? is he good … or naughty ? ” But … I cant give an answer , for moments I stay silent. What can I say ,How can I explain him years of experience in just seconds ? He is his brother ,he knows him a lot better than me, yet ,I will tell yoU what I know about him ,what he means to me – although pages might not be enough – in a very feeble attempt.

In my sixth year he came with me to the very same place to meet our mother and ironically he was there with me at the very same place to depart from our beloved mother, but I never thought it would happen hence the 7th year itself had departed us. I can use many beautiful words and soothing phrases to explain him , But I am not ready to Do it hear and dishonour everything that has happened. You know that there are good people in the world , there may be people better than him - I know. But what he did to me – no one else did – no one good or bad.

He is just a normal guy who eats when he is hungry , smiles when he is happy and cries when he is sad – just like us. But I saw something special in him , something very rare and something strange but good. He was a “good man” ........... I don’t know how you would understand this, but he is. I can tell you some of the good things that I saw in him , but I’m sure that there’s a lot that I did not see. He was honest ,and a man of his word. He did not promise what he could not do and did what he promised. He was cheerful and friendly – to everyone big or small – something that you would not expect from somebody of that kind. He was decent and knew how to behave like a gentleman – thugs were not among his friends but they also did not offend him , only the so called good people – and was clean neat and tidy. He was innocent, and was always there at the right place at the right time – not the wrong. So and So I can keep telling you , but Above all he was not Proud or rude and I rarely saw that from ones in his clan. That's enough..

By the time I was to face my 10th year I was becoming a monster. Year nine had made me one ,and the Ten also had to suffer from its consequences. At a time where I was even unsure to reach year Eleven I saw him again, Accidentally , Ironically – Fortunately. I was on a wrong path going towards destruction , but this ray of light showed me a way. I was bad – I admit , but I thought to myself amazed at This character. He was the class first , but he was so humble and so friendly – even the 10th was not ! The wrath I had towards this society , this level ,I drew back for him.

I was half destroyed by then, But I thought to my self, took a decision and started to rebuild my life looking at this strange person. He was silent most of the times, but there were thousand words unspoken in his every action for me to learn.

I had no role model in my life - no one famous or prestigious – but he was for me , a role model , the role model. I even

re learned to write english letters from him. Even today I write letters like him , not so alike , but neat and clean. Victory was obvious for me in Eleven ,  under this great shadow.

Life is odd, it gives you many chances. It gave me a second chance in the year 12 .This time I was quite close to him .     I may have been just a friend to him , but for me he was the light to follow , master to obey .This time he did not became the first , but the second. But soon I understood that he was safe there from much trouble of being first. He deserved to be himself – silent but significant. I wanted to be vegetarian but he showed me that it was not the case .I wanted to be a book addict but he showed me that is was not the case,He showed me that life is not about strict policies but doing the right thing at the correct time.

 After the advancement he came to the wood-city. I never thought I could go there too , I hoped but I was no match to be with him in his level, I know I do not deserve that , after all .But the destiny again brought me to wood-city to watch him from far and observe - my role model.

Once more I met him by chance and got to visit his home, but for a funeral. For the first time ever. I met his parents ,humble they were too , although how much rich they were- rare. His brother asked me that question. But now I think you all know the answer. Enjoying their hospitality , lying on his own bed – he himself sleeping in a sofa ! I caught my eye on a little writing on the Wall of his room. Perhaps , it is what made him such a worthy man … from his childhood.

PS:  You may find this fellow someday at Goda , humbly taking his home made lunch, slowly and innocently.
But I'm sure he will light a thousand more lives like mine - but not slowly or secretly. I wrote this for the fact that I am forever indebted for what he did to me , and what I am today....