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that 21-inch window.
DUDE: And the effect of
light at depth?
KOKANEE: For sure, things
get darker at depth. Go
deep enoug,h and there is
no light. Water literally eats
light. Water gobbles light.
Depending on the time of
year, as much as 40-50%
of the light that hits the
water is reflected back and
away from the water. That
means there is less light
under the water. Always. No
exception.
DUDE: You said that water
eats light?
KOKANEE: So I did. You are
paying attention. When you
go down the water column,
things get darker. But not
darker red or darker orange.
As you descend the water
column, it gets a reducing
combination of darker
green, blue, and indigo
and purple before it goes
completely black.
DUDE: So what happened to
red, orange, and yellow?
KOKANEE: Dude, the water
ate it.
DUDE: When?
KOKANEE: Up front. First the
red, then the orange, and
then the yellow. Gone. And
this happens very quickly in
fresh water. Except for early
season, most of the fishing
for us kokanee takes place
in water that contains only
green, blue, indigo, and
violet light.
DUDE: Ok. I know that
visible light can be put
through a prism, and it
then breaks down into the
colors of the rainbow. In
fact, as I recall, the colors
of the rainbow are always
displayed in the same
sequence. Freaky?
KOKANEE: This is where you
could benefit from having
a pea-sized brain. When
I am talking about color,
I am really talking about
wavelengths.
