Why Is Water Blue? | Forces Of Nature | BBC Earth Science 

This is why many deep ocean creatures tend to be red colored. They become less visible. Many of them are also as transparent as possible to avoid predators.

It is not only deep water that reflects blue. I was always enchanted by the colour of ice and you don't need large glaciers or big chunks of ice to see the effects. Take a look at photos of Sweden's Ice Hotel and you will see the clear ice carvings, blocks of ice & chandeliers reflect blue. When you look at these carved ice rooms, they mostly look white to the naked eye. But when you take a video or photograph they reflect far more blue, especially where the ice is clear as opposed to 'frosted'. I would think there is less 'photon vibration' in ice absorbing red & yellow wavelengths and the little pieces of carved ice chandelier do not require a 'depth of water' to return the blue colour. Our atmosphere reflects blue back to us on earth on a clear sky day, even though we know the depths of space beyond are pitch black. Interesting & beautiful.

Interesting to see the colors vary with depth, thanks for the documentary.

Thanks, good explanation

Thank you, I have used the solar eclipse and why is colour blue information to form the concept for a song.

That crystal clear water looks amazing and absolutely tranquil. I truly hope it will stay this pristine forever without tourists ruining it. I will say, however, that you still didn’t really explain why water is blue. 🤷‍♀️

Okay, so red is absorbed by the water, that still leaves green and blue of the primary emitted colors and since our eyes are twice as sensitive to green (having twice as many cones in our retinas) why wouldn't the water look green? Or did I miss something?

Great explanation thank you, bcz she is perfect in Blue no matter science whatever say...

Some languages don’t have a name for blue. Languages that do have a name for blue also have 4 others: dark/black, light/white, red, and yellow or green.

Why is this an edited version of the one with brian cox of 2016? Some shots are literally the same! Which is the original?

So there are different color photons? I thought a photon was a photon and the eye receptor changed based on the wavelength (rods and cones). Does she mean the red wavelength gets swallowed up, and maybe the density of the water changed the speed of the wavelength further to the point of bending the red out? Interesting vid. Thanks.

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Great explanation, I get it! Water absorbs/filters out light color but BLUE gets through the filters! Another interesting video! Keep up the great work! Enjoy these interesting videos 🤠🇺🇸

Is this Silfra?!

The blue from the sky reflection on the water, next question please

Can’t this be explained using the same rationale used for why the sky is blue, I.e Rayleigh scattering? Vibgyor, or violet blue green yellow orange and red comprise the rainbow, or visual light spectrum. The colors that any medium doesn’t absorb, are re radiated outwards, giving said medium its color. The sequence is from low wavelength to higher, which is why at sunset, when the suns rays traverse a greater relative distance , the sun now appears orangish.

So, there are lives in other blue planets? Since the color indicates water

Notes 📝: 0:17 0:18 all the rainbows plural 0:31

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Who else was today years old when they learnt of this

UV amount.

0:12 space the blue because it is iconic Jennifer 0:28

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0:30 color of frank ness to tears to color of planet 🌍 0:48

So, the water knows where it is because it knows where it isn’t

Yes, and the thermal pools at Yellowstone are various colors because… ouch my brain..

Ohhh I see in the wide array of colors the photons that make up the color blue doesn’t fade out as the rest no matter how deep water goes down and penetrates and so when seen from above ⬆️ the blue photons are still visible way way way up even into space and that’s why water 💦 appears as blue because outta all other colors of the beautiful spectrum of light it never fades out and never dissipates! Wow that’s absolutely amazing, what an amazingly awesome-inspiring almighty God I am so blessed to know and worship! - Romans 1:20💙🩵💙🩵💙🤍

Simply right? Well I didn't bloody get it 😅

Water is actually neon tan.

But that’s true Jennifer hard Erica Barrera lay hands on me that’s Ana Gallardo may spelled it wrong and so if it’s a location it’s like fiction but no that’s just as atheistic 0:49 t shirt sold twice in a location the pytha of the gorean 0:49

Why is grass green

So red is absorbed by water and blue is not and that's why water is blue?. still not clear...

So you went there and it looked better than it ever looked pronounced and then talked about special powers you and Peter 1:29

Better yet, why is water wet?

"Red photons"

Water is clear

Your assuming that people would realize that the blue saturates the water column more and more as the other colours are absorbed, that is obvious to someone trained to think scientifically, not to a lay person. Thus; this is a very poor educational video, did the person make it to feel superior or something. i've had better explanations of unevidenced string theory nonsense from profoundly conceited physicists.

Sniffs nose 2:21

Water is blue because there’s no one in there

Well done on every video!

You didn't explain this at all. You started with a ROYGBIV scale, explained red and assumed we'd just get the rest. If you were a teacher I'd give you an F grade.

Clear as mud. Still don’t get it

bro water is not blue lmao

This video sucks, it wastes time with music and dramatics and doesn't justify itself being 4 minutes.

You're slipping BBC. You didn't wedge in any Climate Change propaganda in this one. Tsk, tsk. 😆