Monday, August 15, 2011

Blue Sea

What makes the sea blue? Water absorbs more light from the red end of the spectrum that it does from the blue and, when it's about a meter deep, most of the red light disappears, leaving only the blue visible.
So in the absence of any other factor that might influence the sea's colour ( algae, which can make it appear green or red), it will look blue.

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