Titanic wreck scanned into 3D model. Created with over 700,000 images.

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Titanic wreck scanned into 3D model

Created with over 700,000 images

Foto: Magellan / Atlantic Productions

Production company Atlantic Productions is currently making a documentary about the Titanic shipwreck and has conducted the largest 3D scan of the wreck ever made.

The scan was carried out by Magellan, a company specializing in underwater mapping. Magellan used two underwater robots to take over 700,000 photos of the Titanic wreck, which lies at a depth of approximately 3,800 meters. Using these photos, they were able to construct a complete 3D model of the wreck, which will be used in Atlantic's upcoming documentary.

Researchers also hope to use the 3D model to more accurately determine what happened when the Titanic sank in 1912.

"It allows you to see the wreck as you can never see it from a submersible, and you can see the wreck in its entirety, you can see it in context and perspective. And what it's showing you now is the true state of the wreck. We really don't understand the character of the collision with the iceberg. We don't even know if she hit it along the starboard side, as is shown in all the movies - she might have grounded on the iceberg," says researcher Parks Stephenson, who has studied the Titanic for many years, to BBC News.

You can find one of the images from Magellan's 3D scan of the Titanic above, and the video below contains more detailed images from the scanning.

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Atlantic Productions, Magellan, Titanic, 3D scan, documentary

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