NOAA Titanic Expedition 2004: Breathtaking Wreck Footage
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Published 2007-12-18
Nearly 20 years after first finding the sunken remains of the R.M.S. Titanic, marine explorer Robert Ballard returned in June 2004, helped by the NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration to study the ship's rapid deterioration.
The Titanic team worked aboard NOAA Ship Ronald H. Brown from May 30 through June 9, spending 11 days at the wreck site, mapping the ship and conducting scientific analysis of its deterioration.
The team used Institute for Exploration (IFE) remotely operated vehicles (ROVs) Hercules and Argus to conduct a sophisticated documentation of the state of Titanic was not possible in the 1980s.
This "look, don't touch" mission used high-definition video and stereoscopic still images to provide an updated assessment of the wreck site at a depth of 3,840 meters (12,600 feet).
As the nation's ocean agency, NOAA has a vested interest in the scientific and cultural aspects of the Titanic and in its appropriate treatment and preservation. NOAA's focus is to build a baseline of scientific information from which we can measure the shipwreck's processes and deterioration, and then apply the knowledge we gain to other deepwater shipwrecks and submerged cultural resources.
Video courtesy of the R.M.S. Titanic Expedition Team 2004, ROI, IFE, NOAA-OER.
Source: oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/04titanic/welc…
Google Map of wreck site location for the R.M.S. Titanic: go.usa.gov/XWk
All Comments (21)
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It's still 1912 down there. Time stands still. So eerie
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Can you image how the Titanic must have looked once it hit the ocean floor? It was in pristine condition, sat there miles beneath the ocean. Apart from it being ripped apart, it must have looked mysterious.
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This is just scary af
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It would be a life long dream to go underwater and see the Titanic :(
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Imagine if the crew were still alive and they visited the wreck, can't imagine what their reactions would be to see what titanic has turned into...
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I’m so afraid of the ocean and it was literally an achievement just watching this
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God it looks so scary that deep very haunting
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What somebody needs to do with that expedition, is get the worlds brightest LED set, mount it onto the sub, and see how bright we can make the wreck appear on a camera for better results...
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Can't stop thinking about captain smith, all the crew and all the people when they realized their time has come to die and when the titanic tore into two pieces, that must have been really scary. Watching this only reminds of that haunting moment. If only i could see and hear all of that and save them.... Rest in Peace.
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Gosh ! Can't believe that wreckage of Titanic is still existing underwater since 1912 like 100 yrs ago !!!!
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Who still watching in 2020??
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It's so sad, that the most beautiful ship in history, and the most famous one, is still lying there at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean. Never to see daylight again, never to be raised. Shame that they can't, but it's too fragile. And in 20-30 years, the wreck will just collapse to the ocean floor. The great bow of Titanic will be no more ;( Incredibly sad and eerie to see it, 100 years later.
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Something so bone chilling about seeing such a massive ship that was once so full of life, music, dancing and memories underwater.
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Imagine just how many things happened while this ship just stayed there on the bottom of the Atlantic...how incredibly much the world changed from her sinking to her being discovered...
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After 100 years, Titanic is still alive in the hearts of people.
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For those wanting to take it out of the ocean lets remember first off.... its a graveyard.. to many people. Personally I feel it should lay to rest with all the people it fell with. Second, its too weak to pull out of the ocean 12 thousand feet down without further destroying it. At least we found where it was and can keep this documentation for years to come.
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NOAA needs to live stream a dive to the Titanic. That would be amazing.
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That ship has been in that same spot for 106 years.. and all those people that died on they're it's truly one of the most heart breaking stories I've ever heard or read about
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To all those who sadly passed away on that cold faithful day. After 100 years had passed, the bodies of those who died during the sinking of the titanic began to slowly dissolve in the water. Thus leaving behind their very old shoes. When I first found out that the bodies dissolved in the water and only their shoes remained, I shook in terror as the chilling though of death shivered down my spine. God bless those who have died in this horrible tragedy, and all who are relatives of these fallen victims.
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Anyone Here in 2021 ?? 109 years after sinking of Titanic 😢😢😢😢😢
