Explore the Titanic

[trux]

Just found that three days ago a new expedition to the Titanic started! Strange that I did not hear about it earlier. The purpose of the expedition is documenting the site in much more details, mapping and documenting all the debris, creating a 3D map of the site and a 3D model of the wreck, getting the 3D structure with a specially developed sonar systems, and of course taking unprecedented number of detailed photos and videos with both 2D and 3D cameras. Besides it they will also document the detegradation of the wreck, and perform some scientific studies.

They have an amazing website with very nice presentation which is well worth of browsing through and looking at all those details and information. For now the photos and videos come mostly from previous expeditions, but that just the start - much more will continue to come.

And there is also news feed with live broadcasts from the expedition at Expedition Titanic | Return to the Deep (it is a little bit cumbersome to navigate through it, but there are plenty of photos, videos, and written info - click the small dots in the bottom bar to see news from individual days of the expeditions and the days preceding it.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32545640

You can also follow them on facebook at RMS Titanic, Inc. | Facebook



[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-CXsKpfPQdw"]YouTube- Expedition Titanic: Tim Weller - Project Manager, Phoenix International[/ame]

 

[agbiv]

Really interesting--thanks!

 

[trux]

The expedition had to be interrupted temporarily because of an incoming hurricane, but in the meantime they already managed to create a rather detailed sonar map of the wreck location, thousands of photos, and plenty of high resolution 3D videos. Check out their website frequently - there are usually several new posts per day:

Expedition Titanic | Return to the Deep