New footage has been released showing the wreck of the RMS Titanic as it’s never been seen before: in full 8K quality, the highest screen resolution currently available.
That’s a horizontal resolution of 8,000 pixels, or twice as clear as a 4K TV. And it means there’s an unprecedented level of detail and colour in this latest exploration of the 110-year-old shipwreck.
The video was captured by OceanGate Expeditions on its 2022 visit to the site, which lies 2.4 miles below the surface of the North Atlantic, some 400 nautical miles from Newfoundland, Canada.
OceanGate runs expeditions to the Titanic wreck with crews of submersible dive experts, Titanic historians, and research scientists, alongside civilian “mission specialists” who pay US$250,000 for the privilege of being one of the few people to have ever seen the legendary ship’s final resting place first-hand.
“I’ve studied the wreck for decades, done multiple dives, and can’t remember seeing any other image that shows this level of detail,” Ocean Gate’s Titanic expert and veteran diver Rory Golden said in a statement.
In the intro to the video, “You can see the crane used to set the massive anchor, which weighs 15 tons, is still on the deck of the wreck, and the restraints that were attached to the main mast have now collapsed,” says Nautile captain Paul-Henri Nargolet.
Later in the video, 3 round structures can be seen along the inner bulkhead.
Nargolet pointed out that it was feeding the ropes for the ship’s mooring process and the columns on the shores to stabilize the ship, which reached a height of 269 meters when it was in port.
