On April 15, 1912, exactly 100 years ago, the Titanic sank in the North Atlantic after colliding with an iceberg on its maiden voyage from Southampton to New York City. The sinking of the Titanic resulted in the death of 1, 514 people, including some of the wealthiest people in the world.
Everybody knows the history of the Titanic, it was the largest ship surfaced up to that time, it was described in history books, transformed into films and commemorated worldwide in museums and monuments.
Now, despite the wreckage is deep in the sea, it is possible to explore the most famous ship in the world from your computer thanks to the reconstruction of Google Earth .
Using images from National Geographic, the Google Earth team created an updated 3D model of the Titanic.
You can explore different parts of the ship, from bow to stern, simply by searching for "Titanic" in the Google Earth search box.
You can also see the Titanic's short journey to the time of the disaster on a guided tour of Google Earth .
This spectacular journey, which can be viewed from this link, showcases historical images and videos of the Titanic provided by NOAA and National Geographic.
Before venturing, you can watch below the beautiful presentation video of the Titanic ship in Google Earth.
Those who really want to experience the magical and tragic atmospheres of the ship can read the story told by the Twitter tweets of the Titanicrealtime account.
Through messages from the captain, crew and passengers the whole story is told (in English) from departure to shipwreck.
Below instead the video of the reconstruction of the accident in 3D, by James Cameron, director of the film Titanic.
Su Repubblica, an excellent infographic in Italian with all the information on the Titanic, the causes of the disaster, the victims and the survivors and some comparisons.
For lovers of the film, which in these days is being re-proposed in cinemas, all to see is this nice trailer that imagines, as a pretense, how the Titanic Super 3D film would have been more beautiful if it had been made by Michael Bay, JJ Abrams and George Lucas.
