This retro Kodak compact camera was dropped in a lake in an attempt to photograph the Loch Ness Monster. Now, the 1970s camera trap has been fully restored

Researchers found a 1970 camera trap originally set up to research the Loch Ness legend. This image depicts the camera before restoration, held by researcher Adrian Shine.

The legend of the Loch Ness monster is tied, in part, to early photographs attempting to capture the legend on film – but now one of the earliest attempts to photograph the legend through “systematic science and engineering” has resurfaced.

Last year, researchers and the submarine Boaty McBoatface stumbled upon a camera trap that had been submerged in the lake for more than 50 years. Now, the old camera trap has been fully restored for display at the Loch Ness Centre.