The biological light, or bioluminescence, in the waves is the product of marine microbes called phytoplankton, and now scientists think they know how some of these life-forms create their brilliant blue glow.
Thursday 29 November 2012
Sea of Stars, Maldives
Pinpricks of light on the shore seem to mirror stars above on Vaadhoo Island in the Maldives.
The biological light, or bioluminescence, in the waves is the product of marine microbes called phytoplankton, and now scientists think they know how some of these life-forms create their brilliant blue glow.
The biological light, or bioluminescence, in the waves is the product of marine microbes called phytoplankton, and now scientists think they know how some of these life-forms create their brilliant blue glow.
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