Pictures Recovered After Camera Submerged in Ocean for 4 Years
- Posted on June 22, 2011 at 1:00am by
Billy Hallowell
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This is the camera that was allegedly in the ocean for four, long years.
Peter Govaars was in for a big surprise when he and his daughter discovered a dilapidated camera on a California beach. To his surprise, he found an SD card attached to the unit. Curiosity caught the best of Govaars, so he decided to clean the card and see if any data could be found on it.
Surprisingly, he was able to find 104 photographs on the card dating back to June 2007. If his assumption that the camera was submerged under water for four years is true, then it is absolutely astonishing that the images were viewable. After all, the ocean is a salty and unpredictable place, and water — especially that much of it — is known for destroying technology.
Govaars is hoping to find the long-lost owner of the camera, so he can return deliver these memories to him or her. To assist in finding the individual, he has posted the images on Flickr. MercuryNews.com has more regarding why he is so intent on finding the owner and his or her family:
“It really is kind of a neat time capsule, given how it was lost and for how long,” he said.
Some of the images feature a young Latina with pigtails and an oval-shaped birthmark on her left cheek. Some show her using a baseball bat to whack the candy and other goodies out of a Snow White pinata, and in others, she’s blowing out the candles on a birthday cake topped by Minnie Mouse, an elderly couple proudly watching on.
“These might be the last pictures ever taken of grandma and grandpa, here at the party,” Govaars commented.
We’ll have to wait and see if the family can be located. Intriguing story, indeed.
(h/t Gizmodo)
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BenInNY
Posted on June 22, 2011 at 12:54pmFrom Flickr:
“The owner of the camera has been found and contacted! Thanks to everyone for their detective work. Arrangements are being made to get the SD card and pictures back to her.
The camera was accidentally dropped off the Santa Cruz wharf four years ago when she was taking pictures of the sea lions. She flew out from Texas to visit relatives when the camera was lost.
What a great ending to this story! Once again, thanks to everyone that found clues and followed up on leads!
Peter.
PS: The owner is the girl in front receiving the rabbit ears in the third picture from the end of this set.”
Report Post »a1776patriot
Posted on June 22, 2011 at 12:39pmFrom the Flickr site…
Good News!
The owner of the camera has been found and contacted! Thanks to everyone for their detective work. Arrangements are being made to get the SD card and pictures back to her.
The camera was accidentally dropped off the Santa Cruz wharf four years ago when she was taking pictures of the sea lions. She flew out from Texas to visit relatives when the camera was lost.
What a great ending to this story! Once again, thanks to everyone that found clues and followed up on leads!
Peter.
PS: The owner is the girl in front receiving the rabbit ears in the third picture from the end of this set.
Report Post »Mike
Posted on June 22, 2011 at 12:03pmOwner was found!
http://www.santacruzsentinel.com/localnews/ci_18322934
Report Post »Nathaniel Horn
Posted on June 22, 2011 at 8:46amAhhh… Ancient bittersweet history. Back before I fully understood that our own people were actively and successfully destroying the United States of America. Before I stepped through the looking glass and found that nationalism had been replaced by insanity…
Report Post »Toastery
Posted on June 22, 2011 at 9:36amNow as opposed to then, the radical tail is wagging the American dog.
Report Post »Nathaniel Horn
Posted on June 22, 2011 at 10:51amAnd now more than ever is the time to bob that tail. But in a world of madness, the tail may indeed bob itself- by the grace of God.
Report Post »slvrserfr
Posted on June 22, 2011 at 7:52amFinally, something positive in a world that has been overwhelmed with pessimistic news. Hopefully the pictures find their long lost owner.
Report Post »love the kids
Posted on June 22, 2011 at 7:11amNotice the people smiling in these pics, any pics from today, they would be carrying signs protesting about something.
Report Post »LibertyWon
Posted on June 22, 2011 at 5:17amAnother camera falls victim to global warming!
Report Post »RepubliCorp
Posted on June 22, 2011 at 6:52amgood thing they didnt find weiners camera
Report Post »stepinwolf
Posted on June 22, 2011 at 2:28amShow me a man that smokes a pipe..and ill show you a non productive S.O.B.
Report Post »WeekendAtBernankes
Posted on June 22, 2011 at 10:50amlol wut?
Report Post »ReviveOurNation
Posted on June 22, 2011 at 2:08amIf you go to Flickr link, it says that the owner of the camera was found.
Report Post »GadsdenPatriot
Posted on June 22, 2011 at 1:37amBy 2012 when the world is in utter ruin this SD card may be the only evidence left of human existence.
In time, new earthlings will come upon it and wonder what ever happened to these creatures? “Surely such a fate will never befall us.” [enter father] “You‘ll never believe this great new thing we’ve created, it’s called goverment.” To Be Continued…
Report Post »Progressive Wrecking Crew
Posted on June 22, 2011 at 1:25amWoooo, all the way back to the stone age of 2007 when the country was entering it’s Oblowzo third world stage…
Report Post »Slowman101
Posted on June 22, 2011 at 1:20amGood luck!
Report Post »1stAmendment
Posted on June 22, 2011 at 1:02amNice! SD is good company!
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on June 22, 2011 at 7:58amIncredible some of the items you find when least expecting it. A treasure trove from the sea; I hope whoever took the pictures can eventually recover them as well.
Report Post »VegasGuy
Posted on June 22, 2011 at 7:30pmVery surprising the SD card survived the salt water. Very cool. I hope they find the owner.
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