National Geographic has a slideshow that shows off major milestones in underwater photography. This image is the first color photo ever taken underwater.
Underwater color photography was born with this shot of a hogfish, photographed off the Florida Keys in the Gulf of Mexico by Dr. William Longley and National Geographic staff photographer Charles Martin in 1926. Equipped with cameras encased in waterproof housing and pounds of highly explosive magnesium flash powder for underwater illumination, the pair pioneered underwater photography.
Very tasty colors mmmm
ReplyDeletefish looks exotic
ReplyDeletea milestone indeed.
ReplyDeletethere are some amazing photos in that collection :D
ReplyDeletepretty cool, burning magnesium under water for a flash? thank fuck it isn't that complicated anymore
ReplyDeletevery interesting.
ReplyDeleteThat must have take such planning and effort to take that picture in 1924. Amazing to say the least.
ReplyDeleteCool photo.
ReplyDeletethats very interesting!
ReplyDeleteOh sweet. This is really the first underwater photo? 1926 wow!
ReplyDeletethat's pretty moving. that fish doesn't realize it's making history :p
ReplyDeleteUnderwater life is always so cool to look at
ReplyDeleteInteresting how technology advances.
ReplyDeleteThat sounds like a pretty complicated way of taking pictures :P
ReplyDeleteAwesome!
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