Water As Shielding

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Thread: Water As Shielding

# 21746 byXenophile on Aug. 2, 2007, 1:09 p.m.
Member since 2022-08-22

> Depends on the water depth. Long wavelengths are absorbed first,
> red disappears in a few inches of H2O.
> With increasing depth, the spectrum propagated shifts toward the
> UV range. In the oceans, 90% of photo synthetic life is in the
> top 100 feet of water.

So the water would heat up fast, everything would be bathed in a weird
blue light, and you could still get a sunburn.

OK maybe this isn't such a good idea.