Unseen Titanic: first ever complete views of the wreck

As the starboard profile shows, the Titanic buckled as it ploughed nose-first into the seabed, leaving the forward hull buried deep in mud—obscuring, possibly forever, the mortal wounds inflicted by the iceberg Photograph: © 2012 RMS TITANIC, INC; Produced by AIVL, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute Photograph: Action images The optical mosaics each consist of 1,500 high-resolution images rectified using sonar data Photograph: © 2012 RMS TITANIC, INC; Produced by AIVL, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute Ethereal views of Titanic's bow (modelled) offer a comprehensiveness of detail never seen before Photograph: Modeling by Stefan Fichtel / © 2012 RMS TITANIC, INC; Produced by AIVL, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute. Photograph: Modeling by Stefan Fichtel/© 2012 RMS TITANIC, INC; Produced by AIVL, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute. The cover of the April 2012 issue of National Geographic featuring exclusive new images of the Titanic © National Geographic Photograph: National Geographic