I was in a light aircraft a few thousand feet off the ground, flying over the coastline (Florida)... I noticed the water changed colours as it went out, close to the shore it was like a poluted brown colour, and then it was sort of bluish, and once it got out to the deep ocean part it was a dark blue. Obviously this isnt something you can see or notice from the ground... why's the water like that?
2006-08-18 09:32:44 · 5 answers · asked by guitarusa2001 1 in Environment
The water will gradually darken the further out you get from shore. This is do to the increase of depth of the water. The brown area close to shore may have been rough tide activity kicking up a lot of sand.
2006-08-18 09:42:16 · answer #1 · answered by krodgibami 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because the water is deeper as you go further out to sea, so less light is being reflected from the bottom. The water closer to shore usually looks brown because sand and dirt from the bottom is being kicked up by the waves.
2006-08-18 16:42:56 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
because the polutants from the rivers are spread out thinner the farther you get from shore, and also, because they tend to settle to the bottom with distance
2006-08-18 17:05:34 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
my pc's screwed up, so i couldnt post quesiton/comments, heres a message i want to get across (sorry, plz dont flag me!)
our solar system is a HUMONGOUS thing and yet they think a mere hundred planet is a crazy thing, JUST BECAUSE SCHOOLCHILDREN CAN'T REMEMBER 100 PLANETS, DOESNT MEAN THERE SHOULDN'T BE!
i check on space.com and they say some astronomers think there should only be 8 planets, wth its like expecting an ant hive to have only 2 ants!!
pray pluto will stay, and xena and ceres and many more....
2006-08-18 16:38:59 · answer #4 · answered by John 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
uhh because people are nasty
2006-08-18 16:38:20 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋