Coloring the sea

Sunrise light on the Messenian gulf as seen from Peroulia village. Messenia, Peloponnese, Greece

The sea color is a complicated matter. Water reflects light very differently from typical terrestrial materials. The reflectivity of water is very low at low and medium angles of incident light and very high at high angles of incident light (sunrise, sunset). Water is also transparent to light. Inside the water, light is subject to both… Συνεχίστε να διαβάζετε το Coloring the sea