In the frame
Five brown pelicans rest on weathered wooden posts above turquoise water, and the one in the middle spreads its wings wide. A blue sky with light clouds fills the top of the picture.
This dive turns the picture into a 5 × 5 slide puzzle: 24 tiles and one empty space. The shuffle is fixed, so everyone starts from the same board, and it is always solvable.
Dive plan
- Start with the easy part: the pelicans and the wooden posts.
- Save for last: the turquoise sea and the sky. About 33% of the frame has little detail, mostly in the top third, and those pieces look alike.
- Finish the top row first, then the left column; the puzzle shrinks to a smaller board each time.
- Switch on the numbers if two tiles look alike — they show where each tile belongs.
- Look-alike tiles are where the numbers help most: plain water or sand gives few clues about order.
- A 5 × 5 board is a real workout; if you get stuck, the hint suggests a move or highlights a misplaced tile.
Colours of the picture
Main colours, measured from the picture's pixels: teal (54%), sky blue (36%) and slate grey (11%).
- teal54%
- sky blue36%
- slate grey11%
How deep it goes
Depth 4 of 5 — a demanding dive.
Deep dives are the longest in the logbook: the largest board each game gets in the numbered dives.