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The first (coherent) underwater photo ever taken. 1899. (lemmy.world)
submitted 11 months ago by setsneedtofeed to c/historyporn
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[–] Everythingispenguins 11 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Now I want to see the incoherent ones

[–] setsneedtofeed 6 points 11 months ago

Click the source link. It shows you. The picture is just an indecipherable gradient.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 11 months ago

Oh, that's wild.

[–] jimmycrackcrack 8 points 11 months ago

It looks so much like a drawing

[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago

Old diver suits are rad.

[–] pensivepangolin 5 points 11 months ago

This shows the advancement of camera technology in the last 130 years so well! Super cool, thank you for linking the source/article for the background

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago

Like a scene from Soma.