Color penetration in the ocean
Light Transmission in the Ocean
Red light does not reach ocean depths, so deep-sea animals that are red actually Since the color blue penetrates best in water, there simply are not that many.
Visible colors of light penetrate differently into the ocean depths, as seen in this image depicting light penetration in Lake Superior. Longer wavelengths such as .
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The colors that go the deepest are those with the highest energy Colors can be Why can't light penetrate all the way into the deepest ocean? Ask New.
Description:The basic principle behind the remote sensing of ocean color from space is this: The most important light-absorbing substance in the oceans is chlorophyll, which phytoplankton use to produce carbon by photosynthesis. It functions in a manner like that of a transmissometer. Since the substances are usually composed of organic carbon, researchers generally refer to them as colored dissolved organic matter. The transmissometer measures light attenuation, or the sum of scattering and absorption of light in sea water.
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