Underwater Fluorescence Photography
Charles Mazel

 

Fluorescence image above, reflected white light image below.

Coral (Manicina areolata). Pedro Bank, Jamaica. Depth 12 meters.

The red in the fluorescence image arises from chlorophyll in the symbiotic single-cell photosynthetic algae, the zooxanthellae, that are contained in the coral tissues. These algae give the coral its characteristic brown appearance in ordinary light.

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