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When diving with a flashlight from shallow dives to 600 hundred feet, I can see the color red in marine growth. When not using a flashlight, the color red is the first color I lose as I go deeper. Yet deep marine life still is often displays red. Why? what is the purpose? What am I missing?

by /u/Owlettt in /r/askscience

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