The tropical paradise of… PORTSMOUTH: Murky seas around Britain are transformed into crystal-clear Caribbean-style waters thanks to lower pollution and traffic levels during coronavirus lockdown
- Beautiful aerial photos show part of the Solent in Portsmouth clearer and lighter since the lockdown started
- People think the sea is clearer because the lockdown has meant there is less human activity around the water
- Since the lockdown non-essential boats have not been allowed on the Solent and less cars have driven near it
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Stunning aerial pictures show how the often murky waters of Britain’s coastline have been transformed during lockdown.
Incredible photographs captured by drone in Portsmouth show the sea now looking almost tropical, which may be due to a reduction in pollution.
The coronavirus pandemic has stopped leisure traffic on the Solent – making the water and everything that lies beneath it stiller and less disturbed.
Mike Woods, who took the pictures and owns family-run drone business, Solent Sky, said: ‘There has been a lot of talk about the colour of the water in the area recently and I think the perception is, nature is thriving.’
A drone in Portsmouth has captured the sea, which is often murky and unclear changing to a lighter, clearer colour during the coronavirus lockdown
Because of the lockdown traffic has decreased a lot on the Solent leaving less pollution and disturbance for the sea and everything beneath it
Photographer of the pictures Mike Woods said people in his community have been talking about the change in colour a lot and that they think ‘nature is thriving’
When there is more pollution and dust caused by driving and other human activity it can create particles that make the sea darker
The colour of the sea is influenced by many things chief among them the scattering of red and blue light from the sun.
The ocean absorbs most of the red light leaving the blue light to colour it which gets darker and murkier if there are particles in the water.
So when there is more pollution and dust being produced by driving and other human activity it can make the colour of the sea darker and more unclear.
The solent is a narrow passage of water that separates the Isle of Wight from the mainland of England on the coast of Hampshire
At the end of March Ministry of Defence police started stopping boats on the Solent to enforce social distancing during the coronavirus lockdown
The Solent has had less boats on it, less cars near it and all together less to do with humans which has left it clearer and tropical-looking
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