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Ocean color is the branch of ocean optics that specifically studies the color of the water and information that can be gained from looking at variations in color. The color of the ocean , while mainly blue, actually varies from blue to green or even yellow, brown or red in some cases. [ 1 ]
Other color names assigned to bodies of water are sea green and ultramarine blue. Unusual oceanic colorings have given rise to the terms red tide and black tide . The Ancient Greek poet Homer uses the epithet " wine-dark sea "; in addition, he also describes the sea as "grey".
Shiva, the destroyer deity, is also depicted in a light-blue hue, and is called Nīlakaṇṭha, or blue-throated, for having swallowed poison to save the universe during the Samudra Manthana, the churning of the ocean of milk. Blue is used to symbolically represent the fifth, and the throat, chakra . [96]
The White Sea is one of the four seas named in English after common color terms. The White Sea is located on the northwest coast of Russia in the Arctic Ocean. [citation needed] The White Sea is covered in ice for most of the year giving its name of the White Sea. It is noted that the Mediterranean Sea is situated in western part of Turkey.
Human-driven climate change is altering the world’s oceans, including their very color.
The color of the water as seen by satellites is known as ocean color. While ocean color is a key theme of ocean optics, optics is a broader term that also includes the development of underwater sensors using optical methods to study much more than just color, including ocean chemistry, particle size, imaging of microscopic plants and animals ...
Black is beautiful and yellow is mellow, but when it comes to emotionally powerful colors it's hard to beat blue. From singing the blues to sailing the ocean blue, surviving blue Mondays to ...
This color helps the squid filter out blue light, which means it can spot silhouettes from creatures above. Athletes Use Yellow-Tinted Lenses to Improve Eyesight