The Titanic was supposed to be unsinkable. But it sank more than 100 years ago. The wreck sits 13,000 feet (4,000 m) deep in the Atlantic Ocean. New video gives a clearer view of the ship.
What happened to the Titanic? In 1912, the ship set sail from England. It was headed to New York City. The ship never got there though. It hit an iceberg. The Titanic sank. Sadly, more than 1,500 people died.
Experts always want to learn more about the ship. One group, Oceangate, does research in the deep sea. An Oceangate journey to the Titanic happened this year. Experts took new video of the Titanic.
Over the years, the Titanic has been . Pieces of the ship have already broken away. The wreck is covered with thick icicles. These “icicles” show that the Titanic has become food.
feed on the ship. They create lines of rust. Some experts call the marks “rusticles.” Eventually, these “rusticles” fall off. More sections of the ship break off too. Some researchers think that in a few decades, the Titanic will be mostly gone.
By studying the Titanic, experts can understand how the ocean affects ships. Oceangate led trips to the wreckage in 2021 and 2022. It has another planned for next year. “We do see slight changes,” said Oceangate leader Stockton Rush.
Oceangate’s cameras filmed the new video in 8K. “8K” means the number of pixels that the cameras capture. Pixels are tiny dots that make up images. More pixels means clearer details. The 8K images have about eight thousand pixels from side-to-side.
“We are seeing new details,” said Oceangate expert Rory Golden. “I had never seen the name of the anchor maker.” Golden added, “It is exciting.”
Updated September 13, 2022, 5:01 P.M. (ET)
By Tyler Burdick
