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All light penetrates water to a certain extent. However, the shorter the wavelength of the light, the more energy it carries and the less it is absorbed by the water. Blue has a short wavelength compared to red light, so it penetrates further than most of the rest of the visible spectrum.
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Is blood blue in the vain?
Blood is always red, actually. Veins look blue because light has to penetrate the skin to illuminate them, blue and red light (being of different wavelengths) penetrate with different degrees of success. What makes it back to your eye is the blue
What light colors penetrate the deepest?
Blue and violet: no these are reflected. Red in much better!
How far does green light penetrate water?
this depends on the particulates and chemical makeup of the water
At what depth does light fail to penetrate water?
The upper 100 -200 m of the ocean is called the Photic zone (photo = light).At about 150 meters 99% of light is absorbed.Beyond the Photic zone, light does not penetrate, and it is pitch dark.
Why are veins blue if blood is red?
The deoxygenated blod in the veins is a darker color than the bright red blood of arteries but it is more of a dark red or brown than blue colored. Veins look blue because that is the color of the vessel walls and skin.
What colors are more likely to penetrate to the bottom of a lake?
The colors that are the first to not penetrate are the warm colors like red, orange and yellow. Depending on the depth of the water, green, blue and lastly violet are the most likely to penetrate the bottom of a lake.
Do do matchsticks float?
Yes they can as they are light and displace little water. However, when the water does penetrate the wood fibres it can cause the wood to sink
Why do your veins look blue instead of red?
Our Veins look blue as well because those veins contain carbonated blood ,the blood which is going back to liver for oxygenation or purification. Due to access amount of carbon di oxide this blood looks like blue inside the veins.
Do red light penetrate most than gamma why?
Red light does not penetrate more than gamma rays.
Some types of red algae carry on photosynthesis several meters beneath the ocean surface What color light does not penetrate to this depth?
blue
Why light can penetrate lead glass but x-rays can not penetrate?
coz it cant
Why is oceanic water blue?
because of the light reflecting off the water with the h2o creating the colour blue
