Dramatic new photos of the Titanic reveal what the doomed liner looks like today, resting on the floor of the Atlantic Ocean 100 years after it sank on its maiden voyage. This haunting new 3D image of a model of the Titanic’s bow reveals the jagged gash made by an iceberg along the doomed ship’s starboard side.
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The first-ever clear photos of the wreck, published in April’s National Geographic, were taken by Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution scientists using state-of-the-art robot technology on a two-month expedition to the deep.
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The first complete views of the legendary wreck Ethereal views of Titanic’s bow offer a comprehensiveness of detail never seen before. The optical mosaics each consist of 1,500 high-resolution images rectified using sonar data.
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Visible for the first time through sonar imaging, the remains of the ship and its contents sprawl across a thousand acres of gently sloping seafloor. Combined with optical mosaics of individual artifacts, this map of the main wreck area will help experts explore, manage and protect the Titanic as a long-term archaeological site.
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A single 57-ton boiler rolled out of boiler room 1 like giant marble when the hull split in two. The smallest boilers on board were used to heat and light the ship when in port.
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A Double-bottom hull piece Two sections of Titanic’s double-bottom hull ripped off the stern as it sank. Their hydrodynamic shape may account for their landing well to the east of the rest of the debris. How a collapsed pile of decking landed nearby remains a mystery.
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GHOSTLY: This stunningly clear photo shows a 57-ton boiler, one of five that separated from the doomed vessel as it floated to rest on the Atlantic floor.
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The first-ever clear photos of the wreck, published in April’s National Geographic, were taken by Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution scientists using state-of-the-art robot technology on a two-month expedition to the deep.
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Titanic’s lift boats were hoisted overboard by davits, or small cranes. Most were ranked off the deck by flailing funnel cables. These two were entangled by ropes left dangling after a boat was launched.
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A grand staircase dome Decorated like the forward grand staircase dome featured in the movie Titanic, the aft grand staircase led down to the deluxe a la carte restaurant, allowing patrons to arrive in style.
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With her rudder cleaving the sand and two propeller blades peeking from the murk, Titanic’s mangled stern rests on the abyssal plain, 1,970 feet south of the more photographed bow. This optical mosaic combines 300 high-resolution images taken on a 2010 expedition.
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Cargo hatch number cover sits on the ocean floor.
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