RMS Titanic, Inc. Releases World's First High-Resolution Photography of the Titanic Wreck
* Affords Viewers With Never Seen Before Images Of The Wreck * 6 X 30 Foot Version Of Photomosiac Now On Display At The St. Paul Exhibit *
Scientists & Historians Utilize Imagery To Form New Theories Of Wreck
NEW YORK, Jan. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- RMS Titanic, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: SOST - news), the owner of all the artifacts recovered from the Titanic, announces its release of the world's first high-resolution photomosaic of the Titanic's wreck site, including photography of the ship's bow, stern and debris field. A huge 6-foot by 30-foot version of the photomosaic is now being displayed at the Titanic artifact exhibition in St. Paul, Minnesota. The exhibit will continue at the St. Paul Union Depot until April 30.
''This photomosaic is the first precise, photographic map ever made of the Titanic,'' stated George Tulloch, President of RMS Titanic, Inc. ''Now, for the first time, we have an exact, complete image of the wreck as it appears on the bottom of the North Atlantic. The resolution of the photography is so high,'' he adds, ''that you can see an object the size of a coin on the Titanic's deck, even though the ship lies in complete darkness 2.5 miles below the surface of the ocean. We believe this photomosaic imagery can be utilized for both educational and entertainment applications. Currently, RMS Titanic, Inc. is pursuing relationships with other corporate partners who can assist the Company in completing and marketing a finished product.''
''This is the first time the entire wreck site of the Titanic was photographed, the first time a manned submersible was used to photographically map the wreck site, and the first time the world's most advanced, ultra-high- resolution, digital underwater technology was used to take pictures of the Titanic,'' says Paul Matthias of Polaris Imaging, the Narragansett, Rhode Island, firm that produced this image. Polaris Imaging compiled the photomosaic from more than 3,000 individual high-resolution photographs taken during RMS Titanic, Inc.'s August 1998 Titanic Research and Recovery Expedition. It includes the first photographs ever taken of the entire mangled stern section as well as the debris field that surrounds the Titanic's wreck.
Photos of the Titanic's stern and debris field were shot using two ultra-high resolution underwater cameras mounted on the three-man submersible Nautile, one of the only submarines in the world that can dive to the Titanic's depth. Each photograph was electronically stored with its exact geographic coordinates and compiled into a photomosaic using Polaris Imaging's computerized EOMAP™ software. Photos of the bow section were shot during the expedition with high-resolution cameras mounted on Magellan, an unmanned robotic vehicle (ROV) operated by Oceaneering International.
''Now, with this precise, overall view of the Titanic's wreck,'' Tulloch says, ''scientists and historians are forming new theories about what actually happened to the Titanic after it hit the iceberg, how the bow and stern broke apart, and what happened to the ship as it sank to the bottom of the sea.''
''Even more importantly,'' he adds, ''clear views of the wreck will no longer be limited to those of us who are able to dive to the bottom of the ocean. The public will now be able to see that Titanic's wreck, in tremendous detail, for themselves. This photomosaic data will allow the public to experience the Titanic through virtual reality productions and accurate 3D modeling of the wreck. The Company is also exploring future Internet opportunities for this data.''
Formed in 1987, RMS Titanic, Inc. was declared salvor-in-possession of the Titanic by a United States Federal Court order in 1994, and has been awarded the exclusive salvage rights to film and photograph the wreck. The Company's mission it to obtain oceanographic material, scientific data and recover artifacts for education, historical verification and public awareness. RMS Titanic, Inc. is committed to keeping the Titanic artifacts together as a collection for public exhibition, without sale to private. Shares of the Company are publicly traded on the OTC Bulletin Board under the symbol SOST. For more information about the Company, visit the RMS Titanic, Inc. web site at titanic-online.com.
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