The "Titanic Iceberg" photograph - showing grainy, black and white colors with its pointy edge in the middle of a calm sea beneath the puffy clouds that are visible in the sky - is for auction.
However, according to Live Science, the question arises "Is it real?" The picture is simple and is taken more than a century ago. It is the infamous iceberg in the entire history, which sank the mighty cruise ship, RMS Titanic, on the early morning of Apr. 15, 1912.
The iceberg though could be any of those in the area that floated at the time and might not be the one that sank Titanic then, experts say. But CNN reports that this picture sets apart from others because of its note written by the ocean liner chief steward, Prinz Adalbert which comes along with it. The red paint that is visible on one side is because of the scraping made by a vessel on the iceberg, and it was signed "M. Linoenewald, and three crewmen."
Adalbert took this picture on the morning of that fateful day after some hours when Titanic sank- after it collided to the said infamous iceberg the previous night, April 14, 1912 at 11:40 P.M. The cruise ship sank already by the time Adalbert came along and was unaware on what had happened then.
News adds up saying that the photograph is on auction, and it is the only one that comes along with a testimony. The picture is hung for decades on White Star Line, Titanic's owners' law firm walls. The said firm closed in 2002, and now the four partners of the firm put the picture on auction along with its distinctive note.
The "unsinkable" cruise ship started its maiden voyage on Apr. 10, 1912 from Southampton, U.K., to New York, USA. It hit the iceberg about 400 miles (644 km) south of Newfoundland, which killed 1,500 of about 2,200 passengers on board the ship.
