New footage has been released showing the wreckage of the Titanic as never seen before. In full 8K quality, the highest screen resolution currently available.
That's a horizontal resolution of 8,000 pixels, or twice as sharp as a 4K TV. And that means there's an incredible level of detail and color in this exploration of the 110-year-old shipwreck.
The video was recorded by OceanGate Expeditions this year. The ship lies 2.4 miles below the surface of the North Atlantic, about 400 nautical miles from Newfoundland, Canada.
OceanGate leads the expedition to the Titanic wreck with crews of expert divers, Titanic historians and research scientists, along with civilian "mission specialists" who pay $250,000 for the privilege of being one of the few people to ever see the final resting place of the legendary ship.
"We are seeing new details in this image. For example, I had never seen the name of the anchor manufacturer, Noah Hingley & Sons Ltd., on a ship's anchor. I have studied the wreck for decades and conducted numerous dives, and I cannot recall seeing any other footage that shows this level of detail," Rory Golden, OceanGate Expeditions Titanic expert and veteran Titanic diver, said in a statement.
The ship sank in the Atlantic Ocean on April 15, 1912, after hitting an iceberg on its maiden voyage from Southampton, England to New York. At least 1,500 passengers died and the wreckage sank to the seabed, about 4,000 meters below sea level some 740 kilometers (400 nautical miles) off Newfoundland in Canada.
