In the Shallows

'Summer. It has always felt like dried ocean salt on the skin, a flush of sun tan on the cheeks that keeps you warm well into the evening. And the colours, the colours are always aquamarine: the colour of sun under water.'

"The Epipelagic Zone is the part of the ocean where sunlight penetrates the water surface sufficiently for organisms to use photosynthesis. It is also known as the Sunlight Zone."