NOAA Titanic Expedition 2004: Breathtaking Wreck Footage

Breathtaking... 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 National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Office of Ocean Exploration to study the ship's rapid deterioration.

The R.M.S. Titanic team worked aboard the 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. Using the Institute for Exploration (IFE) remotely operated vehicles (ROV's) Hercules and Argus, to conduct a sophisticated documentation of the state of Titanic was not possible in the 1980's. This "Look, don't touch" mission utilized high-definition video and stereoscopic still images to provide an updated assessment of the wreck site at an enormous 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 deep-water shipwrecks and submerged cultural resources. Video courtesy of the R.M.S. Titanic Expedition Team 2004, ROI, IFE, NOAA-OER.

Please visit source: http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/04titanic/welcome.html

Google Map of wreck site location for the R.M.S. Titanic: http://go.usa.gov/XWk

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[TagzBloody]

Where is it that it crashed?

[oceanexplorergov]

See our 2004 Expedition Google Map of the wreck site location for the R.M.S. Titanic on our website. - oceanexplorer.noaa.gov

[619Dirk619]

very sad... R.I.P.

[eastender86]

Shame it's too far down to dive :( It would be great if you could

[warmelody12g]

Oh my .....very eerie ..extremely sad...truly it seems like a good bit of it is still down ther ..but I know not much is left by now..This is the first I've seen that shows so much of torn and twisted parts and those in particular makes really touches my heart.

How very ripped and cut and blown out from impact. Many were saved but so many weren't.

for most their death perhaps was a quick one. hell on earth

[antoniodavirbrito]

The expedition should show the stern.

[TVHowson1]

pretty sick spooky music mate

[AndyYBC]

so exotic!

[SuperOrange7991]

This video brought tears to my eyes... all the lives that were lost.. :(

[mkahmed89]

@ebarcelo05 that would be pretty cool, but i would imagine people would be afraid of travelling in it. i know i would be afraid to some extent because of the history

[SSJ6shadowGoku]

@ebarcelo05 steel hulls can be breached too dude not as easily mind u but it is possible for even an iceberg to rip into a steel hull