Employing advanced deep-sea mapping technology, a groundbreaking full-scale digital scan of the Titanic has been successfully crafted, capturing its essence lying 3,800 meters (12,500 feet) beneath the surface of the Atlantic Ocean.
This revolutionary scan unveils a captivating 3D portrayal of the entire vessel, presenting a remarkable spectacle as if the water surrounding it has been magically drained away. The primary objective of this extraordinary endeavor is to illuminate fresh insights into the precise sequence of events that led to the tragic sinking of the liner in 1912.
From BBC:
More than 1,500 people died when the ship struck an iceberg on its maiden voyage from Southampton to New York.
"There are still questions, basic questions, that need to be answered about the ship," Parks Stephenson, a Titanic analyst, told BBC News.
He said the model was "one of the first major steps to driving the Titanic story towards evidence-based research - and not speculation."
The Titanic has been extensively explored since the wreck was discovered in 1985. But it's so huge that in the gloom of the deep, cameras can only ever show us tantalizing snapshots of the decaying ship - never the whole thing.
The new scan captures the wreck in its entirety, revealing a complete view of the Titanic. It lies in two parts, with the bow and the stern separated by about 800m (2,600ft). A huge debris field surrounds the broken vessel.
The scan was carried out in summer 2022 by Magellan Ltd, a deep-sea mapping company, and Atlantic Productions, who are making a documentary about the project.
Submersibles, remotely controlled by a team on board a specialist ship, spent more than 200 hours surveying the length and breadth of the wreck.
They took more than 700,000 images from every angle, creating an exact 3D reconstruction.
This is absolutely incredible and it just leaves you in absolute awe of not only the Titanic, but also of the advancements in technology that let us see this ship in such high detail.
