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red in the water?

  • 05-04-2018 09:05PM
    #1
    cd07
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 466 ✭✭


    Whilst browsing Google maps for potential fishing spots I noticed a strange red colour in the sea on the southern side of the lambs head peninsula at these coordinates 51.592008,-10.144589 wishful thinking of shark attack or maybe just a blip? Seen similar before off California


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  • #2
    TopTec
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    Probably an algae bloom. Common in the US coastal waters. Saw it in Florida several years ago, killed masses of fish.

    TT


  • #3
    magicbastarder
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    might work better; it is very red looking and very localised:

    https://www.google.com/maps/@51.5921808,-10.1446806,371m/data=!3m1!1e3


  • #4
    TopTec
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    Hmmmm not algae bloom. Can't see a boat. Dead whale or dolphin underwater maybe?

    TT


  • #5
    magicbastarder
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    would it show up that red in the water though? i'd have thought blood in water might look darker. could be a camera glitch?


  • #6
    cd07
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 466 ✭✭cd07


    Yea I watched a programme about sharks recently and they used aircraft to locate the sharks by spotting such scarlet colour in the sea


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  • #7
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
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    Too regular for me. Looks like a camera glitch


  • #8
    ED E
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 36,095 ✭✭✭✭ED E


    Hot pixels are individual pixels which look much brighter than they should. They are also called sparkles. Most cameras have a few of these at higher ISOs. It's normal. They come and go over time.

    https://kenrockwell.com/tech/hot-pixels/index.htm


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