If Computers Could Swim, Here's What They Might See

Ever wanted to see the ocean through a computer's eyes? Now you can.

Wisconsin artist Nathaniel Stern, rigged up an experimental camera of sorts: a desktop computer scanner in a waterproof case.

Image source: screengrab via YouTube

Then he swam around in scuba gear scanning the ocean.

He captured some pretty crazy images.

Image source: screengrab via YouTube

You can see more of Stern's "Rippling Images" on his website (though it appears, at time of this publication, that the site is being swamped with traffic and may not load).

Image source: screengrab via YouTube

Watch Stern describe the project here:

(H/T: Gizmodo)

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