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Dive 75 · Kelp Forest

Sunbeams in the kelp forest

Tall golden kelp stalks rising to the surface with sunbeams between them

Filling the tank…

In the frame

Golden-brown kelp rises in tall columns from a dark rocky floor towards the light. Bright sunbeams slant between the stalks, and small fish drift in the blue gaps.

This dive cuts the picture into 70 pieces on a 10 × 7 grid: 30 border pieces and 40 inner pieces. The cut is fixed, so every player gets exactly the same pieces.

Dive plan

  1. Start with the easy part: the bright kelp stalks and the sunbeams.
  2. Almost every part of this frame has detail. The least distinct part is the dark rocks on the floor, and even that has texture to go on.
  3. Switch on Edges to keep only the 30 border pieces on the table, and build the frame first.
  4. Press Sort to tidy the loose pieces into rows around the board, border pieces nearest — handy once the frame is done.
  5. With this much detail you can build small islands around single features and join them to the frame later.
  6. Group the loose pieces by colour before you start joining them; it saves a lot of searching.

Colours of the picture

Main colours, measured from the picture's pixels: charcoal (37%), kelp green (15%), teal (15%) and brown (13%).

  • charcoal37%
  • kelp green15%
  • teal15%
  • brown13%
  • lagoon green11%
  • sea green9%

How deep it goes

Depth 3 of 5 — a steady dive.

Wall dives drop off into bigger boards, where the plain parts of a picture start to slow you down.