Areas with sea ice, estuaries with large amounts of suspended sediments, and lakes with large amounts of glacial flour are examples of water bodies with high light scattering. All particles scatter light to some extent, including plankton, minerals, and detritus. Particle size effects how much scattering happens at different colors; for example, very small particles scatter light exponentially more in the blue colors than other colors, which is why the ocean and the sky are generally blue (called Rayleigh scattering). Without scattering, light would not “go” anywhere (outside of a direct beam from the sun or other source) and we would not be able to see the world around us.