Sunday, April 27, 2008

Glowing Water And Other Organic Lighting




I wouldn't drink it. It might turn your pee blue. This water, found at Misquito Bay, contains a little guy known as Dinoflagellate (specifically Pyrodimium bahamense). These little guys are microscopic, but use and expend a chemical that allows them to illuminate without sunlight. Just to be clear, these guys aren't like glowing stickers. They don't absorb sunlight and then reproduce it as illumination. It's all in house.

There's lots of other cool glow in the dark animals underneath. Dive in. (That's right. It's punny.)

Here's the link to the rest of the article.

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