Kelp Under Ultraviolet Light, Edmonds, Washington

Viewed under ultraviolet light, kelp takes on a bright glow as it hangs from a surface exposed in the intertidal zone at low tide in Edmonds, Washington. The vibrant 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. This scene was captured under black light.

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Viewed under ultraviolet light, kelp takes on a bright glow as it hangs from a surface exposed in the intertidal zone at low tide in Edmonds, Washington. The vibrant 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. This scene was captured under black light.