The ever-iconic passenger ship Titanic, which sank in 1912 while on her maiden voyage, has been filmed in the greatest quality possible by an expedition team, as reported first by ScienceAlert.
According to Stockton Rush, president of OceanGate Expeditions, the company that organized the deep dive into the shipwreck, the footage is the first and only 8K video of Titanic in the world.
This new and extremely detailed video will help marine archaeologists to study further the rate of decay in the shipwreck.
Marine Species Blooming in the Titanic
According to a press release, the footage will help scientists identify the marine species that are blooming in and around the shipwreck, which is located at a depth of almost 12,500 feet.
In fact, the footage from the Titanic 2022 Expedition team has already allowed experts to discover startling new information about the famous ship.
Rory Golden, a Titanic expert at OceanGate Expeditions, said in the press release that he has never seen the name of the anchor maker, Noah Hingley & Sons, located on the portside anchor.
"I've been studying the wreck for decades and have completed multiple dives, and I can't recall seeing any other image showing this level of detail," Golden added.
One of the "more amazing clips," according to Golden, depicts a single-ended boiler that crashed into the ocean below after the Titanic broke in two.
Over 1,500 of the 2,240 people on board the Titanic, including passengers and crew, perished when it collided with an iceberg in the middle of the Atlantic.
Later reports said that the bow portion took around six minutes to hit the ocean floor, possibly moving at a speed of about 30 miles per hour. According to Brittanica.com, the shipwreck has laid on the ocean floor for 110 years now.
Marriage of Biology, Ecology, Archaeology, and GIS Mapping
"This marriage of biology, ecology, archaeology, and GIS mapping is making a unique contribution to the study of the Titanic and, perhaps more importantly, the ocean's floor. Today, we have better maps of the surface of the moon than we do of the Earth's oceans and that needs to change," Dr. Steve W. Ross, OceanGate Expeditions Chief Scientist, explained in the press release.
The shipwreck has already created an island of biodiversity in a region that is considered a muddy abyssal plain.
As the foundation shares the findings with the larger scientific and educational communities, the blending of these several fields of study that the scientific team brings to the Titanic Expedition will aid in the research of deep oceans, according to Dr. Ross.
The video also demonstrates tiny green lights from the laser scale system, which allowed the expedition team to estimate the size of objects they could see through the Titan submersible's cameras and primary viewport.
The Titan is the only deep-diving carbon fiber submersible in existence, and it has five crew members on board. A representative for OceanGate Expeditions told Insider that the company collaborated with NASA on its engineering and design.
After completing the 2022 Titanic Expedition, OceanGate Expeditions is already making preparations for the subsequent journey to the wreck. It will set sail in May 2023 and take on fresh footage.
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Written by Joaquin Victor Tacla
