Mystery Of 2 Colours Of Ocean

by Miroslava Jurcik

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Mystery Of 2 Colours Of Ocean

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Miroslava Jurcik

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Most amazing thing I have ever seen !! I am standing at lookout at North Head, Sydney (which is now closed off as it was too dangers because of breaking cliff), its the entrance to Sydney Harbour in Australia. And the water near me was totally different colour then the rest of the ocean.
As you can see its nearing evening and in the distance you can see burning Dobroyd Head towards the right , city of Sydney in the middle and South Head on the left.
So I came home and researched how is that possible: Additional coccoliths are dumped into the water when the coccolithophores multiply asexually, die or simply make too many scales. In areas with trillions of coccolithophores, the waters will turn an opaque turquoise from the dense cloud of coccoliths. Scientists estimate that the organisms dump more than 1.5 million tons (1.4 billion kilograms) of calcite a year, making them the leading calcite producers in the ocean.

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February 4th, 2019

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