'That Can't Be Real!' Deep-Sea Explorers Find Trippy, Rainbow-Colored Wonderland

livescience.com/ ^ | April 8, 2019 06:56am ET | Stephanie Pappas,

[BenLurkin]

"I've never seen a purple vent..."

[ClearCase_guy]

“Was this close to shore?”
“No, man. It was far out. Really far out.”

[cuban leaf]

Once you get a relatively short distance from the surface, the only way you are going to see “vibrant colors is with artificial light. The sea water won’t let much of anything but aqua blue through beyond a dozen feet or so.

[null and void]

...I never hope to see one...

[Cletus.D.Yokel]

:: “I’ve never seen a purple vent...” :

...which they’ve already found to be rich in ^^manganese^^ and iron.

Well, DUH!

[Beowulf9]

[glorgau]

Were they in a Yellow Submarine? Blue Meanies perchance?

[bert]

[BenLurkin]

thanks!

[ProtectOurFreedom]

“The [Gulf of California] ocean water is just 35.6 degrees F.”

I find it hard to believe the Gulf of California could be that cold.

[Magnum44]

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks BenLurkin.

[redangus]

Humbolt Current southbound equivalent of the Gulf Stream. Brings cold water from the north.

[Buckeye McFrog]

Yellow Submarine was a documentary.

[Roccus]

Magic Rocks

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQ9M50pN6pU

[dfwgator]

“Who lives in a pineapple under the Sea.....”

[Yaelle]

Aw, that’s nothing. We saw that in Burbank yesterday with these.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0095ZPR54?aaxitk=kL4GaqvuY5qa2.jKD-5c5g&pd_rd_i=B0095ZPR54&pf_rd_p=e037c154-e093-48a4-b127-477e5e294e3f&hsa_cr_id=6379917650901&sb-ci-n=productDescription&sb-ci-v=GloFX%20Ultimate%20Diffraction%20Glasses%20-%203D%20Prism%20Effect%20EDM%20Rainbow%20Kaleidoscope%20Style%20Rave%20Sunglasses

[Vaquero]

[hanamizu]

Brings cold water from the north.

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Does the Humbolt Current then make a U-turn at Cabo San Lucas and flow north?

[ProtectOurFreedom]

But the Gulf of California is closed at the top, right?

I read the Guaymas Basin in the Gulf I saw 6,500 feet deep. That’s far deeper than I expected.