Titanic: Seen as never before

The first full-sized digital scan of the Titanic – which lies 3,800m beneath the Atlantic – has been created by Magellan, a deep-sea mapping company, using 700,000 side-scan sonar images

Side-scan sonar
Tow ship
Towfish
Target

Sonograph: Signals create detailed image of reflectivity of objects on ocean floor, using frequencies between 100 and 1,000kHz


CANADA 
New York
St. John’s
Apr 11, 1912: Titanic departs Queenstown
500km 300 miles

Titanic: Lies in two parts, with bow and stern separated by about 800m

Sources: BBC, Magellan, Science Direct
Pictures: Atlantic Productions / Magellan
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