![]() “The depth of it, almost 4000m, represents a challenge, and you have currents at the site, too - and we’re not allowed to touch anything so as not to damage the wreck,” Seiffert stated. They needed to capture images from every angle in order to accurately re-create the 3D reconstruction. Produced by Atlantic/MagellanĪ team of experts used remote-controlled submersibles to survey the length and breadth of the wreck and spent more than 200 hours capturing the scans. Footage of the vessel that was captured the following year was only released this past February, thrilling history buffs. Atlantic Productions/Magellan Despite sinking in 1912, the Titanic was not discovered until 1985. Atlantic Productions/Magellan The images are so clear that minute details, including the serial number on one of the propellers, can clearly be seen. Atlantic Productions/Magellan A team of experts used remote-controlled submersibles to survey the length and breadth of the wreck and spent more than 200 hours capturing the 700,000 scans. Stephenson told BBC that the scans could offer new insight into how the Titanic hit the iceberg as it sailed 370 miles off the coast of Newfoundland, Canada. Magellan Ltd.’s Gerhard Seiffert planned the painstaking expedition to capture the 700,000 scans of the Titanic, which lies submerged more than 4,000 meters below the Atlantic Ocean. Stephenson added that analyzing the stern of the ship in the 3D reconstruction could “reveal the mechanics of how the ship struck the sea floor.” ![]() “We don’t even know if she hit it along the starboard side, as is shown in all the movies. “We really don’t understand the character of the collision with the iceberg,” he explained. Stephenson told the BBC that the scans could offer new insight into how the Titanic hit the iceberg as it sailed 370 miles off the coast of Newfoundland, Canada. Produced by Atlantic/Magellan Stephenson hailed the new model as “one of the first major steps to driving the Titanic story towards evidence-based research - and not speculation.” Atlantic Productions/Magellan One of thousands of scans. Atlantic Productions/Magellan Some of the incredible scans show statues, unopened Champagne bottles and shoes lying on the floor of the ocean. Atlantic Productions/Magellan “It allows you to see the wreck as you can never see it from a submersible,” Parks Stephenson, a Titanic analyst, told BBC News of the reconstruction. He hailed the new model as “one of the first major steps to driving the Titanic story towards evidence-based research - and not speculation.” The 3D reconstruction was created from more than 700,000 scans of the shipwreck captured last summer by Atlantic Productions and deep-sea mapping company Magellan Ltd. “You can see the wreck in its entirety, you can see it in context and perspective.” “It allows you to see the wreck as you can never see it from a submersible,” Parks Stephenson, a Titanic analyst, told BBC News of the reconstruction. ![]() The stunning images were created from more than 700,000 scans of the wreckage that were captured last summer by Atlantic Productions and deep-sea mapping company Magellan Ltd. However, much is still unknown about the specifics of the shipwreck - but that could now change. The disaster has fascinated the world for more than a century. More than 1,500 passengers died after the ship struck an iceberg and sank while sailing from Southhampton, England, to New York in April 1912. The legendary Titanic has been unearthed like never before - with the first-ever full-size 3D reconstruction revealing incredible new details about the doomed cruise liner 111 years after its infamous sinking. OceanGate co-founder believes James Cameron ‘knows nothing’ about doomed sub OceanGate co-founder wants to send 1K people to a floating colony on Venus by 2050 Kate Winslet’s ‘Titanic’ overcoat will go on - at auction for ‘$100K plus’ US opposes 2024 expedition to recover Titanic artifacts, says shipwreck is a grave site
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