For the first time it was possible to portray the sinking of the “Titanic” in its entirety. 700,000 photos were taken and combined into a 3D scan. Recordings can provide details about the wreck.
High-resolution 3D images of the “Titanic” could provide new insights into how the fateful sinking of the famous passenger liner may have happened more than 100 years ago. The British broadcaster BBC released new images of the wreck at a depth of almost 4,000 meters at the bottom of the Atlantic.
The detailed images were taken in the summer of 2022 by a mapping company specializing in the deep sea. Submarines spent more than 200 hours examining the wreckage, taking more than 700,000 photos that were combined into the 3D scan.
Expedition planning manager Gerhard Seiffert told the BBC that participants were not allowed to touch anything “in order not to damage the wreckage”. The new images show the bow ship separated from the stern as if it had been pulled out of the water. Even the smallest details can be seen, such as the ship’s propeller serial number.
Wrecks disintegrate more and more
The recordings could help historians and other scientists figure out exactly what happened to the passenger liner in April 1912. So far, their research has been a race against time as the wreck continues to deteriorate. “Now we can finally look at ‘Titanic’ without human interpretation, just based on evidence and data,” Parks Stephenson, who has studied ‘Titanic’ for many years, told the BBC.
The luxury liner sank in April 1912 en route from Southampton, England, to New York after colliding with an iceberg. 1500 people died in the accident. The Titanic has been extensively searched since the wreck was found in 1985 nearly 400 miles off the coast of Canada. However, cameras were never able to capture the ship in its entirety.