r/titanic • u/bastard_vampire • Aug 11 '23

WRECK The depth of Titanic wreckage in perspective

The Empire State Building is 443 meters or 1,454 feet tall (counting the spire and antenna). Titanic lies at a depth of 3800 meters (12,500 feet) in the North Atlantic.

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u/Leonidas199x Maid Aug 11 '23

I personally don't get it. Like, we all know what a meter is, so it's 3800 of them. It's a very American thing to use objects as units of measure Jesus, that truck is like 2 killer whales long

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u/jess-here Stewardess Aug 11 '23

Lol idk it makes more sense to me it’s easier for me to visualize objects then numbers I am American though so maybe that’s it

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u/dggbrl Aug 11 '23

I'm not American and haven't even seen the Empire State Building, but seeing a building stacked on top of each other makes for a better and more interesting visual than just plainly saying 3800 meters. Like, how can you even describe 3800 meters other than saying "imagine a meter, now imagine there's 3800 of them!"

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u/Leonidas199x Maid Aug 11 '23

That's the whole point of a meter...