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OpenStudy (anonymous):

Does light travel faster in pure water or saltwater?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

The rule is the more stuff in the water the less light penetrates. In the tropics where sunlight comes nearly straight down on to the water surface it penetrates further in. Water is a very dense material, people forget that because water has no sheer strength, and low viscosity.

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