as small as a world and as large as alone

8:18am March 20, 2012

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Blue waves produced by bioluminescent phytoplankton: Vaadhoo Island in the Maldives, Florida Everglades, and Lakshadweep Islands off India.

Last year when I studied in Catalina, I was able to witness the amazing bioluminescence of its water’s phytoplankton. My group had swum out to sea at night and then turned off our lights. We dipped our heads below the water and “played” with the phytoplankton, then swam back to shore with the glittering lights billowing with our movements. It was a breathtakingly beautiful experience.

The first one really haunts me. In a good way.

O_O

I’ve seen this in person - although the plankton I saw glowed greenish-teal instead of blue.

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