<p>When <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plankton" class="extiw" title="w:Plankton">plankton</a> crushes ashore, it dies and disintegrates creating <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/foam" class="extiw" title="w:foam">foam</a>-like <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liquid_bubble" class="extiw" title="w:Liquid bubble">bubbles</a>, which are left at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/tide_pools" class="extiw" title="w:tide pools">tide pools</a> floor after the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ocean" class="extiw" title="w:ocean">ocean</a> retreats. The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liquid_bubble" class="extiw" title="w:Liquid bubble">bubbles</a> display all the same properties as <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/soap_bubble" class="extiw" title="w:soap bubble">soap bubbles</a> do, displaying typical <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/interference" class="extiw" title="w:interference">interference</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/color" class="extiw" title="w:color">colors</a>, except they last much longer than soap bubbles do.
</p><p>The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/organic_material" class="extiw" title="w:organic material">organic material</a> of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plankton" class="extiw" title="w:Plankton">plankton</a>, that lowers the surface tension of the water (as soap does) and preserves the film is responsible for these <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/color" class="extiw" title="w:color">colors</a>.
It might be also interesting to note how the appearance of my <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reflection_(physics)" class="extiw" title="w:Reflection (physics)"> reflection</a> is changing from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liquid_bubble" class="extiw" title="w:Liquid bubble">bubble</a> to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liquid_bubble" class="extiw" title="w:Liquid bubble">bubble</a>. The image was taken at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fitzgerald_Marine_Reserve" class="extiw" title="w:Fitzgerald Marine Reserve">Fitzgerald Marine Reserve</a>.
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