▲ 3D image of the Titanic created by the deep-sea cartographer Magellan


The entire image of the Titanic, which has been sinking for more than 1912 years at about 4,14 meters under the sea, as it was on the day it sank in the North Atlantic Ocean on April 4, 100, was recently released for the first time in a life-size 3D image, the BBC reported on the 17th (local time).

Exploration of the Titanic has been extensive since the ship was first discovered in the deep sea in 1985.

However, because the hull was so large and the deep sea light could not reach it, ordinary cameras could only capture a small part of the decaying ship.

3D scanning technology has pushed us out of these limitations.

Magellan, a deep-sea cartographer, and Atlantic Productions, which is making a documentary about the expedition, scanned the Titanic for 200 hours last summer.

The remote-controlled submersibles were heavily controlled by experts, capturing more than 70,3 images from all angles and accurately creating a 3D image of the Titanic.

In the 800D image, the Titanic is split into bow and stern apart, separated by about <> meters, with debris piled up around the hull.


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You can also see the gruesome details of the Titanic.

The bow covered in rust, the large hole on the right side of the deck, and the steel structure at the stern are all testaments to the impact of the accident and the traces of age.

In the surrounding wreckage, metal artifacts and statues that would have adorned the interior of the ferry were found, as well as champagne bottles that had not been coffed.

The shoes that have lost their owners are still there.

Gerhard Seifert of Magellan, who led the expedition, said, "This is the largest underwater project we have ever undertaken," adding, "The 4,3-meter depth itself is a difficult challenge, but there are currents on site.

Also, if you don't want to damage the shipwreck, you shouldn't touch anything."

Parks Stevenson, who has studied the Titanic for many years, told the BBC that he was "amazed to see the whole Titanic in a way that you would never see in a submersible" and called the project "an important opportunity to study the Titanic accident based on 'evidence' rather than 'speculation'".

"We don't really understand exactly what shape the Titanic hit the iceberg," he said, hoping that "studying the 1912D images will give us new insights into what happened to the Titanic on that fateful night in 1912."

He added, "Studying the stern will also reveal how the ship hit the seabed."

The Titanic, the most luxurious passenger ship at the time, met its tragic fate in 2 when it hit a glacier and sank on its first voyage.

Under the command of Captain Edward Smith, the ship from Southampton, England, bound for New York, U.S.A., sank and killed more than 224,1 of the 500,600 people on board.

The wreckage of the Titanic is sinking to the seabed about 2012 kilometers south of the coast of Newfoundland, Canada.

It was inscribed as a UNESCO Underwater Heritage Site in <>.

(Photo = Magellanza website capture, Yonhap News)