February 05, 2011

• I love this. Bioluminescence is so like the Northern Lights brought down to earth.
• So cool. How about swimming in Bioluminescent Bay? "Why does the water glow? This unique bay contains up to 720,000 single-celled bioluminescent dinoflagellates per gallon of water. These half-plant, half-animal organisms emit a flash of bluish light when agitated at night. The high concentration of these creatures (Pyrodimium bahamense) can create enough light to read a book from. However, tests now show that because of pollution the bay only glows 1/10 of its original strength. :(
• Fireflies try hard to make the sky itself bio-luminesent.