Robert Ballard was surprised by his reaction to seeing the wreckage of the ship and the shoes of the people who died after it hit an iceberg and sank.
has revealed one of the most haunting memories from his expedition.TitanicThe biggest ship in the world at the time of its maiden voyage from Southampton, England to New York City, it hit an iceberg and sank about 435 miles south of St. John's, Newfoundland on April 15, 1912.Main image, a postcard shows the RMS Titanic. Inset, underwater archaeologist Robert Ballard speaks in Pasadena, California, on January 13, 2012.
"Everything down there is gigantic and you can get quickly sidetracked on big things, but to me the most compelling images, are images like this," Ballard said during a presentation where he showed photos of shoes and boots at the bottom of the ocean."Animals quickly found them and removed their flesh.
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