People visit China's deep-sea manned submersible Jiaolong at its new home port in Qingdao, east China's Shandong Province, March 17, 2015. Jiaolong has successfully docked at its new home port in Qingdao after a 118-day expedition in the Indian Ocean. During the latest mission, Jiaolong successfully carried out 13 dives to observe different hydrothermal areas, the characteristics of hydrothermal fluids and deep-sea biodiversity, gathering a huge amount of data and more than 700 samples. (Xinhua/Lin Xiaomu) |