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Recent advances in underwater imaging continue to deepen our understanding of the planet’s oceans, not only through increasingly detailed images but also thanks to the measurable data that accompanies them. All science begins with measurement, wrote scientist John Arthur Thomson in his book Introduction to Science in 1911.

When trying to gauge just how far underwater imaging has come over the last few decades, look no further than this month’s cover shot of the RMS Titanic. The discovery of the wreck site in 1985—73 years after its fabled sinking in 1912—was a pivotal moment for ocean exploration and served as fresh impetus for developing novel technologies and techniques designed to shed light on a cold, dark, and often hostile frontier.