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    • A bright blue, yellow and black stripped tropical fish.
    Rights: Denis Burchill Published 29 July 2008 Size: 260 KB Referencing Hub media

    Some tropical fish have fluorescent markings that make them shine vividly in sunlight or artificial light containing UV.

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      UV and fluorescence

      Have you ever looked at fish in a tropical aquarium? Some of them seem to have markings or patches of colour that ‘glow’ more vividly than what you would expect. Those markings are fluorescent ...

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      Light – colour and fluorescence

      Visible light is the small part within the electromagnetic spectrum that human eyes are sensitive to and can detect. Visible light waves consist of different wavelengths. The colour of visible ...

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