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Tuesday, a new, high-resolution video of the Titanic wreckage came out. It was the first time since the ship sank 110 years ago that the wreckage had been shot in 8K resolution.
A press release from OceanGate Expeditions says that the clip shows the hull of the sunken ship, as well as some brand-new features and "extraordinary" detail.
In 1912, the famous RMS Titanic sailed across the Atlantic Ocean to New York City on its first trip. On the way, it hit an iceberg and sank, leaving only 712 people alive.
Longtime Titanic expert and diver Roy Golden said that in the about one-minute-long video, he was able to see parts of the ship that he had never seen before.
“For example, I had never seen the name of the anchor maker, Noah Hingley & Sons Ltd., on the port-side anchor,” Golden said in the press release.
“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.”
In the scary video, which was posted on YouTube, you can see the "famous bow, the port-side anchor, hull number one, an enormous anchor chain (each link weighs about 200 pounds), the number one cargo hold, and solid bronze capstans."
The video also shows how badly the ship is falling apart and how several rails have broken off and are floating away from the ship.
OceanGate also said that from now on, the high-definition footage will be used to track how the ship is breaking down.
“With the help of scientists, the video will also support identification of species that are observed on and around the Titanic, and archaeologists will be able to document elements of the wreck and debris field in greater detail,” said the group.
“It is exciting that, after so many years, we may have discovered a new detail that wasn’t as obvious with previous generations of camera technologies,” Golden weighed in.
The ship’s demise was the inspiration for the 1997 film “Titanic” starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet.
“It was the biggest ship in history, filled with celebrities of that time,” the film’s 68-year-old director James Cameron told People on the 110th anniversary of the sinking earlier this year.
“It would be like if you took a jumbo jet filled with half the stars in Hollywood and crashed it into the Washington Monument.”
