With more than 200 hours of diving and 700 thousand photos, details that may help reveal the sinking of the Titanic

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Published: 20 May 2023

With more than 200 hours of diving and 700 thousand photos, details that may help reveal the sinking of the Titanic

Scientists are making tireless attempts to uncover the mysteries of the sinking of the legendary Titanic, and the last of those attempts was made within 200 hours, more than 700 thousand photos were taken from various angles in order to combine them together and obtain three-dimensional images of the shipwreck.

Wednesday's unveiling of high-resolution images of the Titanic's wreck could help scientists better determine the circumstances that caused the ship to sink in April 1912.

These unprecedented images are characterized by their high resolution and highlight a range of details, including the serial number on the propeller, the communication room and the deck of the ship.

This life-size digital survey gives the impression that the debris, which appears in three-dimensional images, was lifted from the depths of the ocean.

The companies" megalinltd "specialized in mapping the seabed and" Atlantic production " took the pictures in the summer of 2022. "Atlantic production" is doing a documentary about the project.

A group of submersible vehicles managed by a team that was on board a specialized vessel, spent more than 200 hours surveying the wreckage along its length and width, and took more than 700 thousand photos from various angles in order to integrate them into three-dimensional images.

"The depth at which the wreckage is located was a challenge, in addition to the water currents at the site," said Gerard Seifert of megalen LT-D, adding that "we were not allowed to touch anything so as not to damage the wreckage".

"Every square centimeter should be mapped, even for insignificant parts in order to fill in the voids between important sections,"he added.

Parks Stevenson, a historian and engineer who has been working on the Titanic case for years, said he was "stunned" after seeing the new image.

We can see the Titanic without explanations provided by humans, but directly through evidence and data, which is what we really need to recreate what I call the crime scene,"Pat added.

"We have not yet come to an understanding of the circumstances of the collision of the ship with the iceberg,"he said.

Written by Castle Journal