First Full-Size 3D Scan of Titanic Shows Shipwreck in New Light

First Full-Size 3D Scan of Titanic Shows Shipwreck in New Light
A view of the bow of the Titanic in the Atlantic Ocean, created using deep-sea mapping, in a grab taken from a digital scan released on May 18, 2023. Atlantic/Magellan via AP
The Associated Press
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LONDON—Deep-sea researchers have completed the first full-size digital scan of the Titanic, showing the entire wreck in unprecedented detail and clarity, the companies behind a new documentary on the wreck said Thursday.

Using two remotely operated submersibles, a team of researchers spent six weeks last summer in the North Atlantic mapping the whole shipwreck and the surrounding 3-mile debris field, where personal belongings of the ocean liner’s passengers, such as shoes and watches, were scattered.