Tide Pool Under Ultraviolet Light, Olympic National Park, Washington

Life in a small tide pool on Second Beach, Olympic National Park, Washington, takes on striking colors when viewed under ultraviolet light. This pool contains anemone, sea lettuce, algae, sea snails and crab. The glowing colors are the result of fluorescence, a type of photoluminescence, in which certain chemicals absorb light that is invisible to human eyes and emit some of it at a different wavelength that we can see.

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Life in a small tide pool on Second Beach, Olympic National Park, Washington, takes on striking colors when viewed under ultraviolet light. This pool contains anemone, sea lettuce, algae, sea snails and crab. The glowing colors are the result of fluorescence, a type of photoluminescence, in which certain chemicals absorb light that is invisible to human eyes and emit some of it at a different wavelength that we can see.