I was there on an exceptionally bright, sunny day with exceptional visibility. I suspect this may have helped the mood quite a bit.
I didn't think penetrating the wreck was something I wanted to do because it was clearly a somewhat upsetting subject for some of the Egyptians on the crew. Just too many lost & too recently for a pentration dive to have been appropriate. But that was my decision & I had no problem whatsoever with others deciding differently.
My buddy & I dove the outside of the wreck. The surrounding area contained enough clues to bring home an appreciation of the tragedy. Tragedy aside, it was a beautiful wreck, brightly visible in the sun and the largest ship I'd ever been able to see along it's full width & breath (my 1st day in the Red Sea - or in any warm water whatsoever). The sun reflecting off the sides made them look new and white like a real ship that you see in service on the surface -that alone was very different from any other wreck I'd ever seen. The bridge and superstructure were really interesting, also because of the slight vertigo of their not being upright. I was impressed and thrilled by the vibrant little colonies of life already taking hold all over the wreck. I liked how nature will just go on and colonize even a tragic wreck like that into a centre of life and color. It was like a field of wildflowers taking over a graveyard. I'm not sorry I saw that.
It occupied my thoughts much more than any other wreck I've visited, both during & along after the dive. But I thought it was beautiful, am very glad I went and would dive there again.