Your partner may need to move the paper closer or further from the glass to bring an image into focus. Write a sentence that describes what happens to the light as it passes through the water and onto the paper . Draw a diagram to represent your sentence . When white light bends, it separates into its different wavelengths, red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet. Scientists on board Aquarius use instruments that measure the bending of light to measure turbidity , or the measure of cloudiness in the water.
Coral reefs are on eof the most colorful ecosystems on earth.
A recent Aquarius mission specifically studied underwater color and light. Back To Light Lesson Lesson design by Lucas Gillispie .