A new photo suggests that the Titanic may have sunk because of a freak weather event

Did Titanic sink because freak weather event caused optical illusion? It was a clear, starry sky above the Titanic as it struck an iceberg in the night of April 14, 1912. It was clear, but it was also clear, that the Titanic was struck by an iceberg.

New photo is fascinating clue to Titanic tragedy that killed 1,522. Picture is up for sale at Henry Aldridge & Son Auctioneers of Devizes, Wiltshire, for an estimated price of £4,000 to £7,000. It shows a large glacier taken two days after the ship sank.

On April 15, 1912, the British luxury liner RMS Titanic foundered in the North Atlantic off Newfoundland. 1,514 people died, while less than half as many survived. Less than half of the 1,500 people who died were able to make it to safety.