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Titanic and Olympic should best be described as the 747s of their day. This was a giant leap forward in marine engineering, comparable to the advances made in 1969 with the introduction of the Concorde supersonic aircraft. They were built principally from lessons learnt from advances in warship construction, but most importantly both were powered by steam turbines driving quadruple screws, each fitted with a large balanced rudder, making them faster than the competition and easier to manoeuvre. Designed and built as record breakers, both held the coveted 'Blue Riband' for the fastest Atlantic crossing. The ships that Titanic, and her slightly older sister Olympic, were designed to compete with were the Cunard liners Lusitania and Mauretania, which entered service in 1907. Size, seldom an indication that something is better, was the only record she held. Titanic, the largest vessel in the world when she entered service in 1912, was neither the finest nor the most technically advanced of her day. The claim actually made was that she was 'practically unsinkable', close enough, but nevertheless an unfortunate statement and one which would haunt both builder and owner for years. This is known as a miraging strip at the horizon, which appeared like a haze although the weather was crystal clear, causing the fatal iceberg to be seen too late.It was said that the builders and owners of Titanic claimed she was 'unsinkable'. He added: “On that occasion the very cold air near the sea caused the distant horizon to appear higher than normal. Tim further claimed the Gillan photograph is “an echo of the Titanic tragedy” that occurred on April 15 1912. David Morris’s excellent photograph shows the opposite effect, where objects appear higher than normal, known as a ‘superior mirage’.” “The hot road or desert mirage is called an inferior mirage because objects -including parts of the sky - appear lower than normal. The brain typically interprets this as water - a phenomenon which has caused thirsty people in the desert to believe that a lake is on the horizon. “This ship apparently floating in the air is the opposite of the hot road mirage motorists sometimes observe in summer, where light bending upwards causes a slice of sky to appear on the ground.

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This has the effect of making distant objects appear higher than they normally would. “The technical term for this is a thermal inversion, which creates abnormal refraction where light bends downwards, towards the colder and more dense air near the sea. This phenomenon is caused when cold air near the sea surface sits below warmer air higher up.

He said: “It’s great to see such a clear photograph of a cold water mirage off the coast of Cornwall.

Tim has provided a detailed explanation of what caused the mind-boggling floating ship.

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Since the picture went viral and was reported by news outlets around the world, Cornwall Live has been contacted by author, historian and TV presenter Tim Maltin who is one of the world’s leading experts on the Titanic. His picture shows the large vessel appearing to float in the blue sky above the water.ĭue to the similar colouring of the sea and sky, the large vessel appears to be sitting amongst the clouds. On Thursday Cornwall Live reported how a man was left in shock after capturing a stunning optical illusion off the Cornish coast showing a large boat appearing to float across the sky.ĭavid Morris snapped the spectacle recently looking out to sea from Gillan on the Helford, not far from Helston.

An expert has given a fascinating insight into the viral image showing a ship floating off the Cornish coast last week, saying it is an echo of what he claims caused the Titanic to crash.

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