Reefline

autonomous reef · 116×116 m, wrapping
year0
living polyps0
reef cover0%
fish · per hectare0
starfish · per ha0
plots drawn1
frame rate
quality ultra
heat tolerance
26.0°
sea temp
depth
speed
heading
thrustersidle
left half of screen = throttle stick · right half = look stick
W/S/A/D · R/F rise, sink · L lamp · P surface
Why the reef changes colour Seawater absorbs the long wavelengths first: red is essentially gone by 5 m, orange by 10 m, yellow by 20 m. That is why everything below the surface reads blue-green, and why a sunken red hull photographs grey. Divers carry a lamp to put the reds back at close range — the pigments were never missing, only the light that reveals them. Both views here are the same corals. Only the light differs.
drag to orbit · right-drag or two fingers to pan · scroll to zoom · P to pilot