A 3D reconstruction of the Titanic reveals new facets of the wreck

By 3,800 meters deep, in dark and murky water, with reduced visibility, it is impossible to see the entire Titanic. But for the first time, a digital duplicate of the wreck gives a comprehensive view of the ship, 111 years after it sank. Underwater robots, remotely operated by a team aboard a specialist vessel, spent more than 200 hours probing the wreckage along its full length and width. More than 700,000 images were taken, from all angles, to recreate the whole thing in 3D.

Finally know the truth about the sinking?

Shoes, bottles of champagne still closed, all the data collected reveal many details that were previously inaccessible. So much information that may help to lift part of the mystery about this disaster which killed some 1,500 people. “We don’t really understand how the collision with the iceberg happened. We don’t even know if it hit it on the starboard side as the films tell us”, argues Parks Stephenson, historian of the Titanic. This gigantic snapshot allows scientists to interrupt the work of time, while the wreckage degrades year after year, eaten away by rust and bacteria.