Titanic

Went to the Titanic exhibit today at the Denver Natural History Museum. Fascinating exhibit. Have to say I am a bit morose about seeing the exhibit and the commercialism of it all. I mean finding the ship meant something, exploring it was heroic and an engineering feat but why bring up the spoils? I understand that part of finding shipwrecks is being able to savage what you find. Lots of shipwrecks out there and those spoils don't mean much to me but with the Titanic wreck it seems too recent, too close to home and with survivors still alive it seemed too much. One person's opinion but it was interesting to see the artifacts just an overall undercurrent of sadness to me. I guess Titanic represents man's ego of building things bigger and more daunting and when fate slaps us in our face for our overzealous desire for perfection it makes it seem all more dramatic. Unfortunately the human element which plays out in this makes the story compelling.

Fascinating how some things survived. Things that were interesting include diaries, people's unmailed letters, and china plates.

At 882 feet the Titanic was the largest ship of its time and built in about 2 years. For comparison I found this while doing a search on google. Amazingly the Titanic could fit in the pool in front of the Bellagio! Other interesting fact was that only 3 of the 4 stacks were actually used. The 4th was a vent and only served as a visual look see. It was supposed to look all the more impressive. The final resting spot of the Titanic can be seen below. What is interesting is that had it been a bit north it wouldn't have sunk in such a deep part of the Northern Atlantic (a whooping 12,546 feet below the surface).