Picture of the Day: Titanic’s Engines Underwater
11 years ago - March 27, 2013
In this underwater photo we see two of Titanic’s engines lying exposed in a gaping cross section of the stern. They are draped in “rusticles”—orange stalactites created by iron-eating bacteria.
It’s remarkable to imagine these massive structures, four stories tall, once powering the largest moving man-made object on Earth.
