Because the fish go bloo, bloo, bloo.
2006-12-19 23:39:10 · 12 answers · asked by benzeeno619 3 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
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bloo bloo
2006-12-19 23:42:22 · answer #1 · answered by Robin 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Deep ocean water appears blue because it is reflecting light from the sky.
Shallow water appears a light greenish-blue (especially over a sandy bottom) because there is a minimum in the absorption of water in the blue-green. Other colors are preferentially absorbed. So there is more blue-green light reaching and reflecting from the bottom. (Note: this is not a scattering effect - it this were a scattering phenomenon blue would be scattered more strongly than red). If you are into diving or snorkeling you can see the colors disappearing and turning blue as you descend. The NAVY has been studying underwater optical communication using blue wavelength for years - all because blue light is less attenuated than other colors. Deep sea organisms that emit their own light (bioluminescence) do so in the "blue-green" to take advantage of the better light transmission.
2006-12-20 16:06:55 · answer #2 · answered by amused_from_afar 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sunlight is made up of all the colors of the rainbow: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and violet. Some of the sunlight is reflected off the surface of the water, reflecting the color of the sky. Some of the sunlight penetrates the water and is scattered by ripples and particles in the water (this tinges the appearance of the ocean with the color of the particles). In deep water, much of the sunlight is scattered by the oxygen in the water, and this scatters more of the blue light.
Water absorbs more of the red light in sunlight; the water also enhances the scattering of blue light. Sir Chandrasekhar Venkata Raman (an Indian physicist) won the Nobel prize in 1930 for his work on light.
Few other therories:
Blue wavelengths are absorbed the least by the deep ocean water and are scattered and reflected back to the observer’s eye
Particles in the water may help to reflect blue light
The ocean reflects the blue sky
2006-12-20 07:44:11 · answer #3 · answered by The Storm Chaser 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
never heard of a bloo bloo fish before
2006-12-20 07:49:04 · answer #4 · answered by JOHN jen 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Only in the shallows and near the coast lines in some areas are the waters blue. There are other places where the water is green and black and brown like when the Amazon joins with another river which I can't remember the name right now. You can see it's half black and half brown.
2006-12-20 07:53:47 · answer #5 · answered by greylady 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The water reflects more of the blue light in sunlight than other colors, eg red, which are absorbed
2006-12-20 07:41:58 · answer #6 · answered by Distressed homeowner 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
its not blue only from space. the light particles from the sea reflect on the sky(thats y the sky is blue btw) and bounce down to make the sea look like it blue!
2006-12-20 10:17:48 · answer #7 · answered by oysidius_torchwood 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
certain particles reflect certain ammounts of colored light. the color that is absorbed and not reflected, you see. the ocean absorbes violet, which many don't know, but it appears blue to us.
2006-12-20 07:47:17 · answer #8 · answered by alice_oh.nine_one 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
it reflects the sky, plus water actually does have some color when it gets to a certain density
2006-12-20 07:44:15 · answer #9 · answered by Cawmaster 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
well its just like asking why the sky is blue well i guse its becuase of the cimicals and waste and crap i dont know
2006-12-20 07:43:00 · answer #10 · answered by brett j 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋