Costa Concordia wreck seen from space

By: Michelle Castillo
Topics: In The News

The Costa Concordia near Giglio, Italy as seen from a satellite picture on Jan. 17, 2012.

(Credit: Digital Globe)

(CBS) Now we can see the impact of the Costa Concordia wreck from space. Digital Globe snapped this satellite picture off the coast of the Italian island of Giglio.

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by Weallhaveone January 18, 2012 10:28 PM EST: Yup, looks kind of like an ass was driving from space as well as the surface.; Reply to this comment


by xdezibarex January 18, 2012 7:44 PM EST: I DON'T THINK SO.... Look at the size of the ship next to the land! That is not a true picture. It is more of a photoshopped creation.; Reply to this comment


by JoeScrotum January 18, 2012 7:14 PM EST: Do you have also have a shot of the gondala Schettino totalled three months ago.; Reply to this comment


by ProgressNow January 18, 2012 6:55 PM EST: Looks like a republican was driving it...; Reply to this comment

by Overruled1 January 18, 2012 5:09 PM EST

Can the ship be saved?

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by ProgressNow January 18, 2012 7:06 PM EST: They'll be cutting it up and using it to build Fiats.


by canislupus16 January 18, 2012 2:08 PM EST: Not pretty; Reply to this comment

by Forty-Four January 18, 2012 1:59 PM EST

Which isn't saying much considering how far they zoomed in. Zoom in like that, and standing outside, I can be seen from space

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by JoeScrotum January 18, 2012 7:22 PM EST: I think I can see the mermaid Capt ******** claims distracted him. She DOES resemble Kim K, just as he said !!!


by Forty-Four January 19, 2012 1:40 PM EST: But from the ground photos, the land doesn't look that big...to me anyway. The ship is about 200' longer than Titanic.

(I may be 19, but I've done a lot of research on Titanic in my day.)

by babydriver57 January 18, 2012 1:16 PM EST

You mean SEA. They are not in the OCEAN.

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by ScorpioJax66 January 18, 2012 5:59 PM EST: The word Ocean was created by the Greeks and since they rarely sailed out of the Mediterranean, the use of ocean is proper. The Mediterranean is also considered to be part of the Atlantic Ocean. That makes you doubly stupid.

by weasel6923 January 18, 2012 12:58 PM EST

Could you please tell me why a satellite image is tagged as an aerial image - there is a difference? Also there is no scale on tehimage, at least I know teh ship is ~1000 feet log as te article says. But seriously - a setllite image is not an aerial image.

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by Forty-Four January 18, 2012 2:01 PM EST: Aerial just means "in the air." In fact, most satellites are still within the earth's atmosphere as they reside within the exosphere.