Researchers have created a detailed 3D reconstruction of the Titanic. PHOTO

Researchers have created a detailed 3D reconstruction of the Titanic.  PHOTO



For the first time, researchers have created a detailed 3D reconstruction of the passenger liner Titanic, which sank in the Atlantic Ocean on April 15, 1912. For this, more than 700,000 pictures of the ship at the bottom of the ocean were taken, The Times of India reports. The photos were taken with the help of special cameras that spent more than 200 hours underwater, scanning the remains of the ship along and across. The project was implemented in the summer of 2022 by Magellan Ltd and Atlantic Productions. Photo: ATLANTIC PRODUCTIONS/MAGELLAN Using photographs, researchers created the first detailed 3D reconstruction of the ship. The scan shows two parts of the liner, which lie at a distance of 800 meters from each other, as well as the wreckage of the ship. Photo: ATLANTIC PRODUCTIONS/MAGELLAN “In the pile of garbage, scattered objects can be seen, including statues and unopened bottles of champagne,” says the description for the 3D reconstruction. Photo: ATLANTIC PRODUCTIONS/MAGELLAN According to Gerhard Seifert, who led the expedition, underwater scanning of the Titanic is the biggest project he has ever undertaken. “The depth is almost 4,000 m, there are currents that interfere, at the same time we were forbidden to touch anything so as not to damage the wreckage,” he said in a BBC commentary. Photo: ATLANTIC PRODUCTIONS/MAGELLAN Researcher Parkes Stevenson, who has been studying the Titanic for many years, said the scan shows the wreckage as it is now, after more than 100 years under water. “It allows you to see the wreckage as if you were looking at it underwater,” he said. Photo: ATLANTIC PRODUCTIONS/MAGELLAN According to Stevenson, the 3D reconstruction will help determine “the nature of the collision with the iceberg” that led to the sinking. The Titanic sank in the North Atlantic Ocean on April 15, 1912 after hitting an iceberg. Photo: ATLANTIC PRODUCTIONS/MAGELLAN We previously reported that scientists had found a US Navy destroyer from World War II at a record depth. Read also: A shipwreck from the Second World War, which transported prisoners, was found near the Philippines



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