or...Why is the ocean a different color than the Atlantic Ocean?
2006-08-15 08:32:46 · 11 answers · asked by Red-dog-luke 4 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Earth Sciences & Geology
I've heard it is the sky reflecting off the water, but the water is not the same color as the sky. The sky is a deep sky blue color and the ocean is a deep greenish-blue.
2006-08-15 08:45:22 · update #1
The color and depth of the sea floor. The Caribbean is very shallow compared to the Atlantic ocean, and it has very white or light-colored sand, which reflects the sunlight back up better. The combination makes the water a distinct blue color. You see the same thing in other shallow waters, like off the Great Barrier Reef by Australia.
2006-08-15 09:00:11 · answer #1 · answered by Jared Z 3 · 5⤊ 0⤋
Why Is Caribbean Water Blue
2016-11-04 13:11:32 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A blue sky makes for a blue ocean because the color is mostly a reflection (as long as the water is clean and not colored by algea or silt).
2006-08-15 08:42:11 · answer #3 · answered by JimZ 7 · 0⤊ 3⤋
Refraction. 2 points!
2006-08-15 08:38:29 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
It's clean water
2006-08-15 09:55:55 · answer #5 · answered by swomedicineman 4 · 3⤊ 2⤋
No global current stirring everything up and a severe lack of oxygen (no bubbles).
2006-08-15 08:38:35 · answer #6 · answered by graytrees 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
oxygen and salt
2006-08-15 08:41:00 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
the salt
2006-08-15 08:37:37 · answer #8 · answered by ♥♥♣BABY GIRL♥♥♣ 4 · 0⤊ 4⤋
food coloring.
2006-08-15 08:37:42 · answer #9 · answered by Phoenix 3 · 0⤊ 5⤋
the dye they put in it
2006-08-15 08:37:18 · answer #10 · answered by whosyourdaddy 3 · 3⤊ 6⤋