110Years after it sank, this is how the Titanic looked in its latest
Coral reefs have grown into ropes dangling from what's left of the ship – Twitter
110Years after its sinking, experts have captured the clearest picture of the wreck of the Titanic, which sank in the Atlantic Ocean on its first-ever voyage.
The London Times reported that the Ocean Gate Expedition filmed the wreck of the famous ship in 8K resolution, allowing scientists to zoom in on the ship's hulls and the life forms that are steadily colonizing on the wreck.
The video, posted by the company on "YouTube", showed in exceptional colors the ship's bow, left wing, much of the hull, the huge anchor chain that was on board (each link weighs about 91 kilograms), the number one cargo compartment, and the solid bronze covers.
Among the minute details that were also displayed are the phrase "Noah Hingley & Sons Ltd" engraved on the ship's anchor, as well as the interior rooms.
Marine biologist Murray Roberts told the newspaper that since the first snapshots of the wreck were taken in the 1980s, corals had grown on what was left of the ship, adding that large, rope-like "grass" hung from the hull.
The Ocean Gate Expedition funded its voyage to the Titanic by offering tourists $250,000 places on the voyage, and plans to return annually to capture more shots of the wreck, before it disappears to the ocean floor.
Previous expeditions have indicated that the ship's condition is "rapidly deteriorating", due to metal-eating bacteria more than 100 years after it sank on its maiden voyage, killing about 1,500 people.
The team, which took new pictures of the ship, said that the rusting effects of the "Titanic" continue to deteriorate year after year.
For his part, the founder of the company, Stockon Rush, said: The wreck is in worse condition than it was last year, after the trip organized by his company via a specialized submarine known as "Titan".
He added that "in the end the bacteria will eat the basic structure of the ship," noting that "the upper floors began to collapse on each other."
"It is possible that after the erosion of the structures, the debris will appear in the form of artificial coral reefs," he said.
The famous ship sank off the coast of Newfoundland in the early hours of April 15, 1912, after hitting an iceberg on its maiden voyage from British Southampton, to New York City.
In 1985, an international team located the wreck at the bottom of the North Atlantic Ocean, about 645 kilometers off Canada's Newfoundland.
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