Experts have captured new images of the wreckage of the Titanic, the clearest image in decades of the ship that sank in the Atlantic Ocean in 1912.
According to the Times of London, the Ocean Gate Expedition filmed the wreck of the Titanic in 8K, allowing scientists to zoom in on the ship’s hull and the life forms that steadily colonize the wreck.
Marine biologist Murray Roberts said corals have grown on what remains of the Titanic since the first snapshots of the ship were taken in the 1980s. He added that a large rope-like “grass” was hanging from the hull of the ship.
The Ocean Gate Expedition funded its trip to the Titanic by offering tourists places on the voyage for $250,000 and plans to return annually to take more photos of the wreck before it disappears to the ocean floor.
Previous expeditions have shown that the wreckage of a British passenger liner in the North Atlantic is rapidly being degraded by metal-eating bacteria more than 100 years after it sank on its maiden voyage, killing nearly 1,500 people.
According to the team that captured these new images, the effects of the Titanic’s corrosion are getting worse every year.
The founder of the company that photographed the wreck, Stockton Rush, said the wreck was in worse shape than last year after a trip his company organized via a specialized submarine known as the Titan.
Rush explained that his company’s submarine, which holds five people, is one of only six submarines in the world capable of reaching the Titanic.
He added that “eventually the bacteria will eat away at the main structure of the ship” and noted that “the upper decks started collapsing on top of each other.”
He said: After the erosion of the structures (the ship’s wreckage), it may not appear like a ship and appear in the form of artificial rocks.
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