The mystery of the sinking of the Titanic

Titanic, Titanic, the story aboard a giant ocean liner, the total would not be enough (that is, the 2D version of the previous 3D can eventually lead to a chord with people instead). This time, the new study it hit the iceberg a different finding.

"Titanic" transformed the 3D version will be officially released in the country, this classic film has created box office history, there always seems to tales, the protagonist of Jack and Rose that touching and soul-stirring love can sultry chord. Put aside the film aside, aboard the giant ocean liner Titanic sank, it seems that over the past century people have been willing to explore the topic. This time, a new study it after hitting an iceberg because a different discovery.

 

According to British historian Tim Mardin (Tim Maltin, yes, a new study of the author), an unusual optical phenomenon - a mirage, is the Titanic hit an iceberg and can not get near reasons for the rescue of vessels.

In 1992, the British government survey shows that the sinking of the Titanic may be responsible for super-refraction, but this possibility has not been to deepen the study until the Mardin study the weather records, the testimony of survivors, and has long been forgotten Logbook.

Mardin the evening, the atmospheric conditions of the incident area is easy to form super-refraction, the light where the exception occurred bend, thus forming a mirage, a phenomenon that was the same while several ships in the nearby waters, has been recorded. Mardin, said the mirage of the lookouts on the Titanic failed to timely detection of an iceberg, and also let the freighter California, does not recognize the Titanic, and aboard the ocean liner, the communication.

Here, we use a simple but clear 2D image, to resolve the incident the night:

Titanic was from the Gulf Stream (Gulf Stream), into the cold Labrador (Labrador, Current), bottom-up cooling of the column of air in the area, resulting in a temperature inversion thermal inversion are suggested for: The cold air layer is located below the warmer air layer. The high pressure so that air does not produce fog.

Inversion so that the occurrence of a unique refraction of light, now mirage (superior Mirage) and generates: objects appear in front of the fake horizon is higher than the actual (and therefore closer). False horizon and the area between the true horizon may look like smoke.

California on board the operator had been warned to be careful on the Titanic iceberg. But there is no moonlight night the contrast is very low, calm sea and the false horizon looks like the real thing, an iceberg is hidden in the fog between the true and false horizon. Distance from the tip of only one mile of the crew on the Titanic sounded the alarm, but it was too late.

Before hitting an iceberg, the Titanic was to enter the sights of California numbers, but see the ship in California, a short distance, the volume is too small, it is not like a giant ocean liner Titanic. California No. Captain Stanley Rhodes (Stanley Lord) know, Titanic is the only radio-equipped vessels in the region In addition to their own ship, and therefore concluded that the ship no radio.

Rhodes said he had many times people send Morse signals with signal light to the vessel, "but the other side a little reaction and no. Titanic crisis, attempts were made to the Morse signal lights to get in touch with the California number, the same did not work. Was abnormal stratification of the atmosphere (divided into different density gas layer), it is to disrupt signal transmitted reasons.

The height of the Titanic in the air about 600 feet (183 meters), fired killed flares, but it seems in California No. flares discharge position relative vessel seem too low. Not sure I see what California will ignore those signals. April 15 at 2: 20, when the Titanic sank, they thought the ship just drove off.