According to an Atlantic Productions press release, through the use of technology five years in the making, “the exact condition of wreck is revealed and the entire historic site is mapped providing a level of detail never before seen.”Ī never-before-seen level of detail is not hyperbole here, either.
and Atlantic Productions, who are making a documentary on the Titanic-scanning process. The scan was made possible by a partnership between deep-sea mapping company Magellan Ltd.
They took over 700,000 images that were eventually combined to create this revolutionary 3D model. Two remote-controlled craft named Romeo and Juliet (not, sadly, Jack and Rose) spent over 200 hours scanning every inch of the wreck, encompassing both halves of the now-split ship and the surrounding debris field.
Parks Stephenson, a Titanic analyst, said in a BBC News article that the model is “one of the first major steps to driving the Titanic story towards evidence-based research-and not speculation.” While people have been able to photograph, video, and illuminate sections in substantial detail, there hasn’t been a way to see the whole thing in high definition all at once. It distorts images and makes everything in the area of the Titanic wreck incredibly dark. Water-especially murky water 12,500 feet down at the bottom of the ocean-disrupts light. It’s incredibly obvious-so much so that it may seem like we certainly should have found a work-around long before now-but it’s not an easy fix. Since scientists discovered the wreckage in 1985, researchers have been scouring it in hopes of learning as much as they can about the luxury liner and its sinking.īut there’s some issues that come along with trying to study a shipwreck. There’s no question that the Titanic, which sank on April 15, 1912, is the most famous shipwreck of all time. The scan provides a clear window into the wreck as if there were no water present, and presents the site in unprecedented detail.The 3D rendering is the result of combining over 700,000 images taken over more than 200 hours by two remote-controlled robots.Researchers have created a “digital twin” of the Titanic.
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