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One remotely operated vehicle and two autonomous swimming robots were equipped with sonar, used to make wide-area maps and advanced 3D camera systems, used to conduct detailed investigations of the shipwreck. It only spanned three decks (A-Deck to C-Deck), but it gave access to the Smoking Room, A-Deck Promenade, and First Class Lounge (A-Deck landing), the Caf Parisien (B-Deck landing) and First Class cabins (B and C-Deck. The detailed, sweeping images of the sunken ship were made by stitching together hundreds of optical and sonar images collected by three deep-diving robots during a 2010 Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution expedition. The Aft Grand Staircase was a First Class area of the RMS Titanic a staircase similar to the Grand Staircase, only slightly smaller, less ornate, and spanning fewer floors. Just in time for the 100th anniversary of the most storied maritime disaster in history, National Geographic magazine and a team of researchers have unveiled new images of the Titanic, revealing unrestricted views of the wreck for the first time ever.
The Titanic anniversary is featured in April's issue of National Geographic.