Researchers have pieced together the first comprehensive map of the Titanic's debris field, saying they plan to release the new images next month to mark the 100-year anniversary of the ship's sinking.
An expedition team used sonar imaging and more than 100,000 photos taken from underwater robots to create the map, which shows where hundreds of objects and pieces of the presumed-unsinkable vessel landed after striking an iceberg, killing more than 1,500 people.
Explorers of the Titanic ââ¬â which sank on its maiden voyage from Southampton, England, to New York City ââ¬â have known for more than 25 years where the bow and stern landed after the vessel struck an iceberg. But previous maps of the floor around the wreckage were incomplete, said Parks Stephenson, a Titanic historian who consulted on the 2010 expedition. Studying the site with old maps was like trying to navigate a dark room with a weak flashlight.
With the sonar map, it's like suddenly the entire room lit up and you can go from room to room with a magnifying glass and document it, he said. Nothing like this has ever been done for the Titanic site.
Full article with pictures: http://www.telegraph...nniversary.html
Click here to view the map
An expedition team used sonar imaging and more than 100,000 photos taken from underwater robots to create the map, which shows where hundreds of objects and pieces of the presumed-unsinkable vessel landed after striking an iceberg, killing more than 1,500 people.
Explorers of the Titanic ââ¬â which sank on its maiden voyage from Southampton, England, to New York City ââ¬â have known for more than 25 years where the bow and stern landed after the vessel struck an iceberg. But previous maps of the floor around the wreckage were incomplete, said Parks Stephenson, a Titanic historian who consulted on the 2010 expedition. Studying the site with old maps was like trying to navigate a dark room with a weak flashlight.
With the sonar map, it's like suddenly the entire room lit up and you can go from room to room with a magnifying glass and document it, he said. Nothing like this has ever been done for the Titanic site.
Full article with pictures: http://www.telegraph...nniversary.html
Click here to view the map
