In the frame
A large grey manatee grazes head-down on a green seagrass bed, its wrinkled back marked by ripples of sunlight. Its broad paddle tail reaches the right edge, and a few small fish swim beneath it.
This dive cuts the picture into 24 pieces on a 6 × 4 grid: 16 border pieces and 8 inner pieces. The cut is fixed, so every player gets exactly the same pieces.
Dive plan
- Start with the easy part: the manatee's head and wrinkled back.
- Save for last: the clear water. About 21% of the frame has little detail, mostly in the top third, and those pieces look alike.
- Switch on Edges to keep only the 16 border pieces on the table, and build the frame first.
- Press Sort to tidy the loose pieces into rows around the board, border pieces nearest — handy once the frame is done.
- With this much detail you can build small islands around single features and join them to the frame later.
- At this size most pieces show something recognisable — a good dive for a few relaxed minutes.
Colours of the picture
Main colours, measured from the picture's pixels: kelp green (34%), slate grey (23%), sea green (17%) and grey (14%).
- kelp green34%
- slate grey23%
- sea green17%
- grey14%
- charcoal12%
How deep it goes
Depth 1 of 5 — a calm paddle.
Snorkel dives are the shallow end of the logbook: small boards with pieces big enough to read at a glance.