Scubareefman
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:bounce3::bounce3:I was talking to a few members at PN about the Red Sea and the discovery of deep water glowing corals. Here is the link from NatGeo.
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2015/06/150629-glowing-fluorescent-corals-science/
video and pictures at the link.
Just a random thought,
I find it extremely interesting that the coral can refract lights by changing color or generate light when in low light level conditions. I wonder if all shallow level corals can adapt like that when needed. I wonder if the water pressure condensing the soft flesh is a factor in producing the light. Like when you draw on a golf ball size balloon at 5 atmospheres and then take it up to 1 atmosphere. The picture is so stretched it is unrecognizable. If a corals flesh compressed in this manor a bright coral at 1 atmosphere may project a much more vivid hue and spectrum when past 5, and might be incredibly bright at 8 or greater.
Regardless, I want a frag of that OJ lobo.
V/r
Tom
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2015/06/150629-glowing-fluorescent-corals-science/
video and pictures at the link.
Just a random thought,
I find it extremely interesting that the coral can refract lights by changing color or generate light when in low light level conditions. I wonder if all shallow level corals can adapt like that when needed. I wonder if the water pressure condensing the soft flesh is a factor in producing the light. Like when you draw on a golf ball size balloon at 5 atmospheres and then take it up to 1 atmosphere. The picture is so stretched it is unrecognizable. If a corals flesh compressed in this manor a bright coral at 1 atmosphere may project a much more vivid hue and spectrum when past 5, and might be incredibly bright at 8 or greater.
Regardless, I want a frag of that OJ lobo.
V/r
Tom
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