The Bathyscaphe Trieste was the first manned vessel to reach the real depths of the deep ocean.
Allowing them to dive to the depth of 10,911 metres and see life of the deep for the first time.
In 1960 the Bathyscaphe Trieste descended to the bottom of the Mariana Trench near Guam, at 35,798 feet or 6.77 miles (10,911 meters), the deepest spot in any ocean, if mount everest was placed their the peak of the mountain would be a mile off the surface. Not much was seen in the dive but it was still a break through for seeing the depths of the ocean, they noticed thriving colonies of shrimps and other organisms which would prove as food sources for greater larger creatures down their. The new discoveries revealed groups of creatures that obtained nutrients and energy directly from thermal sources and chemical reactions associated with changes to mineral deposits. These organisms thrive in completely lightless and anaerobic environments, in highly saline water that may reach 150 °C, drawing their sustenance from hydrogen sulfide, which is highly toxic to almost all terrestrial life. They did notice small flounder-like fish was seen however they quickly moved out of the way of the ships spot light.
Although this dive shows a breakthrough in deep sea dives it is hard to find information and imagery on what they actually saw just information of how the dive was successful, it seems the main objectives of the dive was to test to see if man could dive to these depths instead of investigating life down their.
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