The wreck of the Titanic now has a 3D counterpart.
A group of deep-sea investigators and filmmakers recently undertook the "largest underwater scanning project in history" to create and deliver an exact digital copy of the Titanic's wreck.
The Titanic's wreck is in danger of being lost to time due to the undersea ecosystem beneath the Atlantic and human interference contributing to the wreck's deterioration.
Titanic 3D Copy Details
Atlantic Productions mentioned in its statement that it partnered with deep-sea investigators from Magellan Ltd. to scan the entire wreck of the Titanic and create a digital twin of the famous oceanliner, providing historians and scientists a never-before-seen view of the doomed ship.
The technology used to scan the ship's wreck came from Magellan, which developed and perfected it over five years; it needed to be in top shape as it was dubbed "the largest under 3D capture project ever undertaken."
Magellan investigators scanned the wreck over six weeks during an expedition in the summer of 2022. Magellan positioned a specialist ship in the North Atlantic 700km off the coast of Canada, where they deployed two submersibles, nicknamed Romeo and Juliet, to scan the Titanic's wreck.
Both submersibles spent many hours underneath the Atlantic at a depth of 3,800 meters below sea level, scanning and mapping every millimeter and detail of the Titanic's wreck and the entire 3-mile debris field it created on its way down from the surface. The scans even picked up the serial number on one of the propellers.
Magellan CEO Richard Parkinson said that the scanning resulted in roughly 715,000 images and 16 terabystes of data, which is approximately ten times larger than any underwater 3D model ever attempted before, per CNN.
Atlantic mentioned that the submersibles didn't touch or disturb the wreck as per regulations and as a sign of respect for those entombed within. Both companies even held a flower-laying ceremony in memory of the people who died in the Titanic's sinking.
The scans Atlantic and Magellan produced helped scientists reveal more details about the Titanic's sinking and what really happened to the crew and passengers on the night it sank on Apr. 14, 1912.
Parks Stephenson, an expert who has been studying the Titanic for two decades, called the project a "gamechanger" that managed to unearth never-before-seen details.
"We've got actual data that engineers can take to examine the true mechanics behind the breakup and the sinking and thereby get even closer to the true story of the Titanic disaster," Stephenson explained.
How To See The Titanic's Wreck
While both Magellan and Atlantic didn't provide a way for the public to see the complete 3D scan of the Titanic's wreck on their respective press releases, the BBC managed to post a video of it on its report that shows how detailed their scan really is.
While going deep underwater is an activity only those with the money to burn can do, there are alternate ways to view the Titanic from the comfort of your home. If you wish for a more interactive way to view the Titanic's wreck, you may want to consider viewing the ill-fated oceanliner through Google Earth.
We previously discussed how to before, though you'll need to download Google Earth first before anything else.
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