![]() "But Captain Wood's photograph must be the most likely of all of these images. "There were never any photographs taken on board the Titanic of the iceberg, only images of ones in the same area in the days before and after," auctioneer Andrew Aldridge told the Daily Mail. Over the years, many snapshots of the Titanic have surfaced, but this one in particular seems to match the sketches and descriptions of the survivors and experts, so it would mark a before and after in the history of the shipwreck. "We crossed the ice track 40 hours before her but in daylight, so saw the ice easily and I got a picture." The image marks a before and after "I am sending you a sea picture The Etonian running before a gale, and the iceberg that sank the Titanic," he wrote. The photograph is accompanied by a note with the geographical coordinates and the date "41★0 N 49★0 W, 12 April at 16.00".Ĭaptain Wood sent a copy to the great-grandfather of the image's current owner, Billy Tucker, along with a handwritten letter stating that it was the same iceberg that the Titanic would later hit. ![]() Wood, who used to take many photographs during his voyages, from the SS Etonian almost two days before the tragedy that killed more than 1,500 people. The snapshot was allegedly taken by Captain W. Henry Aldridge & Son Ltd Another historic treasure This is the Titanic as no one had ever seen it before.La carta de hace 108 años junto a las dos fotografías. So, by capturing this 3D model, what we’re able to do is visualize the wreck in a completely new way, there’s all kinds of amazing small little details that you can see. “This model will allow people to zoom out and to look at the entire thing for the first time. Previously footage has only allowed you to see one small area of the wreck at a time. Gerhard Seiffert, a 3D imaging specialist, said: “What we’ve created is a highly accurate photorealistic 3D model of the wreck. “We believe that this data is approximately ten times larger than any underwater 3D model that’s ever been attempted before.” “Over the course of the Titanic project the volume of data that we acquired was enormous - around 715,000 images and some 16 terabytes of data. Richard Parkinson, Magellan’s founder, said the results were “astonishing”. The team had to battle the elements of the Atlantic to gather the data, using submersibles named Romeo and Juliet that captured a third-person view to map the site while not disturbing the wreckage. The rusted wreck’s secrets have been revealed in detail like never before as it lies 3,800m (12,500ft) beneath the Atlantic Ocean’s surface, 400 miles from south of Newfoundland, Canada.Įxperts will be able to see the ship unobscured by water and zoom into different parts, raising hopes that many unanswered questions will now be addressed as to why the ship hit an iceberg between Southampton and New York, killing 1,500 people in April 1912.ĭivers and research teams have explored the Titanic on numerous occasions since it was discovered in 1985, but a lack of visibility has meant cameras have only shown small parts of it. For 100 years, the Titanic has lain frozen in time on the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean, its wreckage cloaked in pitch black water clouded with mud that has obscured much of its detail.īut no longer, as the largest underwater three-dimensional scan in history may be about to unlock the secrets of how the Titanic sank, including the exact point where it struck an iceberg.
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