Mariana Trench

[DiveNav]

Should we add to the simulator a dive site for the Mariana Trench?
Would you like to explore (virtually) in first person the "Challenger Deep"?

Let me know.

Alberto (aka eDiver)

 

[Eff]

Would be cool!

As long as it doesn't cost 900,000,000,000 bubble credits to buy a trip in the submersible!

 

[DiveNav]

Since this site is quite deep and large it could take a long time to reach the bottom and explore it ... so, I was thinking to "rescale it" and bring the bottom a bit closer to the surface ... let's say 500m instead of almost 11,000.

What do you guys think?

 

[DiveNav]

A couple of events happened yesterday (a call from a friend and a BBC article) that renewed my interest in this subject

I took a closer look at the data and .... OMG .... this site is huge! (and very deep too).
The area of interest is approximately a square of almost 700x700 miles (1,100x1,100Km) with the deepest point at almost 11,000 meters ..... no way I can dive down there .... not even with the simulator

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This is a big area and there is no way one can cover it all while scuba diving
So, to put the Mariana Trench into eDiving we need to break it in pieces and then scale each one of them. It looks like a good plan to me.

The first portion we are going to cover is Central Mariana Trench

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The size of this area is only 250Km x 250Km ..... and the maximum depth is only 8,858.42 meters .... :? But don't worry, we are going to scale it 100:1 so you can easily dive it too.

Look forward to this new site coming to eDiving very very soon.

Alberto (aka eDiver)