Kingston SD Flash Memory Card Used in Famous Sea Turtle Video
When Dick de Bruin lost his waterproof video camera while scuba diving in Aruba, he must have figured he would never see it again. Six long months later, the camera was found on a beach in Florida, a thousand miles away by a worker cleaning up the beach from the BP oil leak. It turns out the camera’s strap became tangled around the shell of a passing sea turtle. Somehow, the animal had inadvertently switched the camera on, capturing at least part of the cameras thousand mile journey on film. When watching this MSNBC video clip (linked below) we noticed that a Kingston SD Flash memory card was in the camera and made the journey safe and sound. Once the camera was found they took it out of the waterproof case, charged the battery and all the data was still safe on the Kingston Technology Flash Card! Very cool stuff! Here is the video clip recovered from the Kingston memory card.
I found a camera and Ikelite waterproof housing washed ashore in Key West, FL. Pictures dated from November, 2009 indicate it floated all the way from Aruba over a period of 6 months. Two months in to the journey, this sea turtle came across it and probably tried to eat it, turning the camera on and recording himself. The owner has been located in Aruba and confirmed he lost it while diving off Aruba on November 11, 2009. The last thing the owner did was take a video, so the camera was in video mode. This incident with the turtle ocurred on January 15, 2010. The camera washed ashore in Key West on May 16, 2010 covered in growth. Based on time, I estimate this video to have occurred in the vicinity of Honduras. As far as we know, and having confirmed the date of loss from the owner, this video was made with absolutely no human assistance. The camera is a Nikon Coolpix L18. The waterproof housing is an Ikelite.
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