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Mir 2 Submersible
Photograph by Emory Kristof
Lights from the Mir 2 submersible illuminate the port anchor winch on the foredeck of the sunken Titanic.
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Search Vehicle Argo
Photograph by Emory Kristof
The search vehicle Argo begins a two-hour descent to the hull of the Titanic in the North Atlantic Ocean.
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Titanic Engine
Photograph by Emory Kristof
Two four-story-high reciprocating engines (one of which is pictured here) drove the Titanic's outboard propellers.
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Titanic's Propeller
Photograph by Emory Kristof
In the early morning hours of September 1, 1985, oceanographer Robert Ballard and photographer Emory Kristof found and photographed the shipwreck of the century, the R.M.S. Titanic. Kristof and his crew used a submersible search vehicle and a towed sled with a still camera to shoot more than 20,000 frames, including this one of the ocean liner's starboard propeller.
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Titanic Window
Photograph by Emory Kristof
An intact glass pane from the window of Captain Edward J. Smith's cabin hangs open on the Titanic, which lies two and a half miles (four kilometers) beneath the North Atlantic Ocean.
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Bow Railing of the Titanic
Photograph by Emory Kristof
The Mir 1 submersible illuminates the bow railing of the Titanic.
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Titanic Debris
Photograph by Emory Kristof
A ceramic bowl and other debris from the Titanic litter the floor of the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Newfoundland.
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Titanic Hull Fragment
Photograph by Emory Kristof
A hull fragment from the Titanic lies on the ocean floor.
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Titanic Hole
Photograph by Emory Kristof
An opening on the starboard side of the ship's hull could be damage from the Titanic's collision with an iceberg on April 14, 1912. About 1,500 people died when the ship sank, breaking in two.
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