Spectacular photo of luminated water at a beach in the Maldives [Amazing Photo of the Day]
September 24, 2012 4
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Do you know what bioluminescence is? It is, as Wikipedia describes it, “the production and emission of light by a living organism”. As weird as that may sound in words, bioluminescence is actually very cool when seen in nature. The photo I have to show you today is an example.
The following photo is of a beach in Maldives; the water in the photo is glowing blue thanks to electric blue bioluminescence. Check it out:
Amazing, isn’t it? Looks like it could be photoshopped but, according to the source I found it at, it is real.
[via Facebook | Photo credit: Doug Perrine]
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Yup, it is real. I’ve seen it when i was holiday-ing at Redang Island, Malaysia. However the area covered is not as huge as that. Its more like a small blue dot…
man i miss looking up at the sky and seeing the stars.
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2012/03/pictures/120319-glowing-waves-ocean-blue-bioluminescent-plankton-science/
Wait until you see bioluminescence from a boat, caused by dolphins or fish swimming near you – they look like arrows and torpedoes :)
Our local term for it in the sea is phosphorescence