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Milky sea effect off the coast of Somalia in the Indian Ocean. Milky seas (Somali: Kaluunka iftiima; English: Milky seas), sometimes confused with mareel, are a luminous phenomenon in the ocean in which large areas of seawater (up to 100,000 km 2 or 39,000 sq mi [1]) appear to glow diffusely and continuously (in varying shades of blue).
The green form of N. scintillans is mainly found in the tropical waters of Southeast Asia, the Bay of Bengal, the Arabian Sea, the Gulf of Oman, [7] and the Red Sea. [5] The red form is more widespread, and is found in the seas of Central America, Europe, the Black Sea, East, South and Southeast Asia, and the Tasman Sea.
Foxfire in the fungus Panellus stipticus Blue ocean glow caused by myriad tiny organisms, such as Noctiluca. Noctiluca scintillans, a bioluminescent dinoflagellate. Bioluminescence is the production of light by living organisms. This list of bioluminescent organisms is organized by the environment, covering terrestrial, marine, and microorganisms.
The sight of the waters off Hong Kong these days can take your breath away -- but the haunting fluorescent blue seas can also be lethal to marine life. Glowing blue shores in Hong Kong may look ...
The Blue Grotto or Blue Cave (Croatian: Modra špilja), is a flooded sea cave located in a small bay called Balun (Ball in the local dialect), on the east side of the island of Biševo and about 4.5 nautical miles (8.3 km) from Komiža, in the Croatian Adriatic. It is situated in the central Dalmatian archipelago, 5 km south-west of the island ...
Bloom (sometimes referred to as light bloom or glow) is a computer graphics effect used in video games, demos, and high-dynamic-range rendering (HDRR) to reproduce an imaging artifact of real-world cameras. The effect produces fringes (or feathers) of light extending from the borders of bright areas in an image, contributing to the illusion of ...
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Charles Darwin noticed bioluminescence in the sea, describing it in his Journal: While sailing in these latitudes on one very dark night, the sea presented a wonderful and most beautiful spectacle. There was a fresh breeze, and every part of the surface, which during the day is seen as foam, now glowed with a pale light.