Watch the Costa Condordia Salvage Time Lapse

After being partially submerged off the Tuscany coast the past year, the 115,000-ton Costa Concordia cruise ship was pulled upright from its side in a 19-hour operation that started Monday. The Associated Press created a time lapse of the parbuckling operation, which was never before done on such a large scale.

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