A deep sea mapping company combined thousands of images to create the first full-size 3D scan of the Titanic wreck. But the scans that followed meant the ship could then be mapped in “extraordinary detail,” according to the company. “I have been studying Titanic for 20 years, but this is a true game changer,” Titanic explorer and researcher Parks Stephenson said in a statement. “These 3D scans and images also tell the story of the human loss,” she added, with personal items such as shoes and crockery recovered from the seabed. “Living in Southampton, the port city from which RMS Titanic set sail in 1912, I know that these losses have not been forgotten.

Source: Washington Post May 18, 2023 19:04 UTC