In the frame
Waves roll onto a wide sandy beach in the golden light of evening, and gulls skim low over the foam. Wet sand mirrors the warm sky, and a headland fades into haze in the distance.
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 white foam and the flying gulls.
- Save for last: the smooth wet sand and the orange sky. About 42% 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: golden yellow (39%), grey (26%), olive (15%) and sand (11%).
- golden yellow39%
- grey26%
- olive15%
- sand11%
- brown10%
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.