The Falklands Maritime Heritage Trust and Voyis Imaging have released an exclusive new image of polar explorer Ernest Shackleton’s historic Endurance shipwreck. Captured using the cutting-edge Voyis Observer Imaging System, this latest image provides an unparalleled view of the vessel and the seabed, revealing intricate details with clarity never seen before.

Building on a previously released image of Endurance, this new capture showcases the ship’s preserved structure with remarkable precision, made possible through Voyis’s True Colour technology. Unlike traditional underwater imaging, which can suffer from color distortion and reduced visibility, the Voyis Observer Imaging System accurately restores the shipwreck’s natural hues and textures, offering a more authentic representation of how Endurance appears in its final resting place in the Weddell Sea.

Since red wavelengths are absorbed more rapidly by water, the perceived color of underwater objects is significantly altered. Standard cameras do not compensate for this underwater color shift, as their color formation models neglect the strong wavelength dependency of light in a submerged environment. As a result, shipwrecks and subsea assets often appear with unnatural blue or green tints.

Voyis’s True Colour technology addresses this challenge by leveraging machine learning to efficiently train a color correction model for the current survey location. This survey-grade imaging solution corrects the distortions caused by underwater light absorption, producing images that represent colors as they would be perceived in air. This advancement enables explorers to visualize the true color of subsea assets, uncovering fine details that standard cameras fail to capture.

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