"...Our base was in Guam, until we could arrive to the precise trench in the Mariana Trench where we were to descend to dive, we had about 4 days to tow the submarine with a tugboat but the weather was virtually poor... the sea was very rough, windy, some rain I believe, and so on - but as soon as we started to dive it was absolutely quiet and...blue, all the light was absolutely beautitful..."
~ Jacques Piccard
oceanographer, engineer, undersea explorer
Describing the Trieste's deep Ocean dive, 23 January 1960