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Fantastic shining sea: magic or reality?

Added	Thu, 16/03/2017
Источники	gismeteo.ru
Дата публикации	Thu, 16/03/2017
Версии	Microbes, single-celled algae, phytoplankton, etc.

Over the weekend Bay Preservation on the North West coast of Tasmania dusk began to glow bright neon blue. An amazing phenomenon are not left without attention by the user "Instagram".

What is this witchcraft?

As it turned out, it's all about bioluminescent algae, a bloom which caused this magical effect.

"It was very exciting to see the waves, illuminated by shimmering blue-green color, breaking on the rocks," said photographer Brett Chatwin edition of The Advocate.

According to him, it was like shooting the Aurora, only the lens was sent to sea, that slightly simplified the task.

Dinovite bioluminescent algae are single-celled organisms, which are also known as "sea sparkle". The illumination they use as protection and for lighting the path for the marine inhabitants.

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