Ocean Floor Titanic Underwater Bodies
While certain underwater environmental conditions can preserve bodies the sea floor is not conducive to this process.
Ocean floor titanic underwater bodies. When the rms titanic sunk in 1912 the grand ship took with her over 1500 people. The rms titanic was visited by divers for the first time in 14 years and the ship that was once a picture of luxury was found in the process of being swallowed up by the ocean floor and ravaged. Some titanic experts say a powerful storm the night of the wreck scattered the life jacketed passengers in a 50 mile wide area so it s likely the bodies scattered across the seafloor. A photograph depicting what a federal official claims to be human remains entombed in the mud surrounding the rms titanic s wreckage site has been released in its full form to the public for the first time saturday in time for the 100th anniversary of the sinking the associated press reports.
Incredible photos of titanic s last lifeboat show rotting bodies one month after the disaster and 200 miles away by martin phillips senior feature writer 20th april 2016 8 15 am. The titanic s last lifeboat. Finally on september 1 1985 an ocean explorer by the name of robert ballard discovered her again. Titanic site reveals hints of human remains.
While the assumption is that decades in the ocean would have led to total disintegration the discovery of the wreck of the titanic in 1985 also prompted a debate over whether there could be human remains embedded in the wreckage two and a half miles below the surface of the atlantic. Photos were taken during submarine explorations of the site and the release of some of those photos suggest. For over 70 years the titanic sat on the bottom of the ocean waiting for man to find her again. With a three man submarine ballard and others went down to the wreck and began taking pictures of her rusting hulk.
Amazing photos show vessel containing three rotting bodies including a man still in his dinner jacket which was found by passing liner a month later and 200 miles away.