Stunning 8K Video Of Titanic Shows Never Before Seen Underwater Footage

The wreck of the RMS Titanic has been captured in full 8K quality more than a century after the ship sank and took more than 1,500 lives with it.

Civilian exploration company OceanGate Expeditions took the video during a visit to the shipwreck last year, CNN reported.

The footage was uploaded to YouTube Wednesday, showing the Titanic resting 2.4 miles below the surface of the North Atlantic Ocean, around 400 nautical miles away from Newfoundland, Canada.

8K, named after its near-8,000-pixel horizontal resolution of 7,680, is the highest approved resolution in the ITU Radiocommunication Sector's Rec. 2020 video broadcasting standard.

OceanGate Expeditions' footage showed the Titanic's bow, which was the portion of the ship to sink first after the British passenger liner hit an iceberg on the night of April 14, 1912, during its maiden voyage from England to the United States.

The video featured the rusted vessel's port-side anchor as well, with the name of the device's manufacturer, Noah Hingley & Sons, visible.

"I've been studying the wreck for decades and have completed multiple dives, and I can't recall seeing any other image showing this level of detail," Rory Golden, OceanGate Expeditions' Titanic expert and veteran Titanic diver, was quoted as saying in a press release.

In addition to the Titanic's bow and port-side anchor, the footage also showed the ship's two hulls, anchor chain, one of its cargo holds and the vessel's solid bronze capstans.

OceanGate Expeditions hopes the new footage will determine the ship's current rate of decay.

"The amazing detail in the 8K footage will help our team of scientists and maritime archaeologists characterize the decay of the Titanic more precisely as we capture new footage in 2023 and beyond," Stockton Rush, the company's president, explained.

The footage should also help scientists identify species that are observed on and around the Titanic, while archaeologists will be able to document the wreck and debris field in better detail.

OceanGate Expeditions runs exploration missions to the Titanic's wreck with crews of submersible dive experts, Titanic historians and research scientists.

Civilians can apply as "mission specialists" and pay $250,000 to be given the chance to see the shipwreck as well.

Slots are open for the company's next expedition to the Titanic, which will see off from Newfoundland in May 2023.