Photo taken onboard China's manned submersible Jiaolong on June 27, 2012 shows the environment underwater at the Mariana Trench in the Pacific Ocean. Submersible Jiaolong set a new national dive record on Wednesday after reaching 7,062 meters below sea level during its fifth dive into the Mariana Trench. The Jiaolong got three water samples, two sediment samples and one organism sample, placed a marker, and made several experiments on the sea floor 7,062 meters deep from the sea surface. [Photo: Xinhua/China Ocean Mineral Resources Research and development Association]
Photo taken on June 27, 2012 shows an organism sample captured from the Mariana Trench in the Pacific Ocean by China's manned submersible Jiaolong. Submersible Jiaolong set a new national dive record on Wednesday after reaching 7,062 meters below sea level during its fifth dive into the Mariana Trench. The Jiaolong got three water samples, two sediment samples and one organism sample, placed a marker, and made several experiments on the sea floor 7,062 meters deep from the sea surface. [Photo: Xinhua/Luo Sha]
Photo taken onboard China's manned submersible Jiaolong on June 27, 2012 shows the environment underwater at the Mariana Trench in the Pacific Ocean. Submersible Jiaolong set a new national dive record on Wednesday after reaching 7,062 meters below sea level during its fifth dive into the Mariana Trench. The Jiaolong got three water samples, two sediment samples and one organism sample, placed a marker, and made several experiments on the sea floor 7,062 meters deep from the sea surface. [Photo: Xinhua/China Ocean Mineral Resources Research and development Association]
