Re: subsea UV

[w.j.markerink@xxxxx (Willem-Jan Markerink)]

>From sci.optics, thought this might interest some of you:


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>Peter McComb wrote:
>> 
>> I am looking for some information regarding the penetration of UV light
>> in seawater with application to fluorescence detection of tracer
>> particles. I am hoping to be able illuminate the seabed with UV from a
>> distance of about 0.5m and detect the fluorescing sediment particles
>> with a video camera.
>> 
>This doesn't quite answer your question, but this month's issue of
>"National
>Geographic" (August 1997 pg 32) has an article on photography of
>undersea 
>plants and animals which fluoresce under ultraviolet illumination. 
>Their 
>graphics indicate that their illumination is at about the distance you
>describe.
>
>Lou Boyd
>Fairborn Observatory
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