“Unearthed Secrets: How a Stunning 3D Replica of the Titanic Unveils Heartbreaking Moments from Its Last Night”
The scan was produced for a new National Geographic and Atlantic Productions documentary titled Titanic: The Digital Resurrection, similar to another documentary produced last year that digitally recreated the wreckage of the Endurance.
High Resolution Scans Created An Exact 3D Replica Of The ‘Titanic’
Atlantic Productions/MagellanThe remainder of the stern of the Titanic, which was torn to shreds as it sank.
According to a report from National Geographic, the scan of the Titanic took place over the course of three weeks back in 2022, with Titanic historian Parks Stephenson overseeing much of the project.
Stephenson had been to see the Titanic wreck twice in person since 2005, but he likened the viewing experience to “being in a dark room” with “a flashlight that’s not very powerful.” In other words, although he technically saw the ship, he didn’t get a very good view of it.
Atlantic Productions/MagellanAn open steam valve corroborates eyewitness reports that the ship’s engineers kept working to keep the lights on until the very end.
However, thanks to these scans, Stephenson was able to examine the Titanic in far greater detail. The 3D replica revealed what the dark depths of the ocean and the human eye simply could not: the ship’s hull, still largely intact and wedged into the seafloor. While researchers knew this was the case, the detailed model makes it clearer how, exactly, it might have happened.
Stephenson said, based on his observations, that the back half of the ship could very likely have spiraled as it sank and broke apart into rubble. The incredible precision of the scan — a one-to-one model — enables researchers like Stephenson to see exactly how the ship’s wreckage is laid out.
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