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Chinese submarine sends first live video back from the bottom of the Mariana Trench
China has live streamed footage of its new manned submersible parked at the bottom of the Mariana Trench as part of a historic mission into the deepest underwater valley on the planet.
Key points:
- Fendouzhe is being used to observe the species that live on the ocean floor
- Its team is also researching other deep-sea material as part of China’s move to develop its deep-sea mining capabilities
- Fendouzhe set a national record for the depth of its dive but was about 20m short of the world record
The Fendouzhe, or Striver, descended more than 10,000 metres into the submarine trench in the western Pacific Ocean with three researchers on board, state broadcaster CCTV said.
Only a handful of people have ever visited the bottom of the Mariana Trench, a…
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