At Challenger Deep.

We have arrived over the Challenger Deep. (You can see the depth - 10,352 meters or 33,963 feet - on the screen at left). Today is a day of mapping, with an autonomous lander deployment into the Western Pool.  
https://drive.google.com/uc?export=view&id=1gvtI2OC0z8eRIW_pGvJR6C9HStiKAfd7
The weather is looking good for our dives.  All is well.  Today’s fun task is organizing a comms link from the bottom of the Challenger Deep to the International Space Station during my dive tomorrow. Fingers crossed we can make it work!

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