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Post by Admin on May 17, 2023 15:21:04 GMT
The world's most famous shipwreck has been revealed as never seen before.
The first full-sized digital scan of the Titanic, which lies 3,800m (12,500ft) down in the Atlantic, has been created using deep-sea mapping.
It provides a unique 3D view of the entire ship, enabling it to be seen as if the wayer has been drained.
The hope is that this will shed new light on exactly what happened to the liner, which sank in 1912 - killing 1,500 people.
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Post by Admin on May 18, 2023 15:15:05 GMT
A team of scientists have used deep sea mapping to create "an exact 'Digital Twin' of the Titanic wreck for the first time," according to a press release from deep sea investigators Magellan and filmmakers Atlantic Productions. Historians believe that it may provide some answers to the mysterious 1912 sinking of the luxury passenger liner that killed more than 1,500 people. #CNN #News
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Post by Admin on May 19, 2023 8:58:55 GMT
A team of scientists created an exact "Digital Twin" of the Titanic wreck which could reveal new details about the wreck and its aftermath that were previously unknown.
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Post by Admin on May 29, 2023 22:01:26 GMT
A team has discovered a gold necklace that’s not been seen since the sinking of the Titanic in 1912. Recently found among the ship’s wreck off the coast of North America, they are even hoping to find the family of the jewelry's owner by using artificial intelligence (AI). The insight comes from Magellan, a UK-based deep-sea mapping company, who recently released a selection of digital scans showing the shipwreck of RMS Titanic in never-before-seen detail. In a follow-up to this news, the company has explained how their stunningly high-quality images show a gold necklace made from the tooth of a Megalodon, a colossal extinct species of shark. Fans of the 1997 movie Titanic will be aware that the fictionalized story involves a beautiful necklace known as the Heart of the Ocean. Who knows, perhaps this recent find was a gift between two ill-fated lovers. Richard Parkinson, CEO of Magellan, described the discovery as “astonishing, beautiful and breathtaking.” "What is not widely understood is that the Titanic is in two parts and there's a 3-square-mile [8-square-kilometer] debris field between the bow and the stern,” Parkinson told ITV News. "The team mapped the field in such detail that we could pick out those details," he added. The project gathered a massive 16 terabytes of data detailing the wreck site, including over 715,000 images and full 4k video footage. They achieved this by sailing out to the wreck, some 700 kilometers (435 miles) off the east coast of Canada, then using remotely-operated submersibles to image the seabed at a depth of around 3,800 meters (12,500 feet) below the water's surface. RMS Titanic was an ocean liner that famously sank in the North Atlantic Ocean on April 15, 1912, after striking an iceberg during her maiden voyage from Southampton in England to New York City.
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Post by Admin on Jun 19, 2023 20:09:48 GMT
A submersible craft used to take people to see the wreck of the Titanic has been missing in the Atlantic Ocean with its crew on board since Sunday, sparking a major search and rescue. Contact with the submersible was lost about one hour and 45 minutes into the vessel's dive, the US coast guard said. Tour firm OceanGate said it was exploring all options to get the crew back safely. Government agencies and deep sea firms are helping the rescue operation. OceanGate charges $250,000 a seat for expeditions to the Titanic, which lies some 3,800m (12,500ft) beneath the waves about 435 miles (700km) south of St John's, Newfoundland. The missing craft is believed to be OceanGate's Titan submersible, a truck-sized sub that holds five people and usually dives with a four-day supply of oxygen. Hamish Harding, a 58-year-old British billionaire businessman and explorer, is among those on the missing submarine, his family said. On social media at the weekend, Mr Harding said he was "proud to finally announce" that he would be aboard the mission to the wreck of the Titanic - but added that due to the "worst winter in Newfoundland in 40 years, this mission is likely to be the first and only manned mission to the Titanic in 2023". He later wrote: "A weather window has just opened up and we are going to attempt a dive tomorrow." OceanGate said in a statement that its "entire focus is on the crewmembers in the submersible and their families". "We are deeply thankful for the extensive assistance we have received from several government agencies and deep sea companies in our efforts to re-establish contact with the submersible," it added. The company bills the eight-day trip on its carbon-fibre submersible as a "chance to step outside of everyday life and discover something truly extraordinary". According to its website, one expedition is ongoing and two more have been planned for June 2024.
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