tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post4175615312629228093..comments2024-03-28T23:22:41.774-05:00Comments on TYWKIWDBI ("Tai-Wiki-Widbee"): Bioluminescence ("Sea Sparkle")Minnesotastanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01382888179579245181noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-60775810527494602452024-02-08T19:59:19.575-06:002024-02-08T19:59:19.575-06:00https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2024/01...https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2024/01/04/bioluminescence-beach-waves-orange-county-california/72102677007/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-31735967987659703092024-02-08T19:58:34.554-06:002024-02-08T19:58:34.554-06:00Also fairly common in Southern California during d...Also fairly common in Southern California during different times of the year. Locals call it "glow surf" as when the waves break there are long flashes of blue luminescent light as the algae in the water are disturbed and light up. Boats leave luminiscent wakes. And if you run along the beach near the water, you leave glowing blue foot prints, And stomping on the wet sand produces blue lightning-like streaks from your foot. <br />https://www.surfer.com/trending-news/dolphins-bioluminescence-southern-californiaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-87427731449883313132024-02-07T05:38:33.131-06:002024-02-07T05:38:33.131-06:00Terschelling represent! (That's where I was bo...Terschelling represent! (That's where I was born.)Drabkikkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07023520185690291149noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-65830108937830625342013-06-27T18:07:28.282-05:002013-06-27T18:07:28.282-05:00Phil is a friend of mine and we both volunteer at ...Phil is a friend of mine and we both volunteer at a youth camp on the Gippsland Lakes, where these were taken. This past summer we again had the bioluminescent algae and spent some truly magical late nights out on the lake in canoes, with our wash and paddles glowing and sparkling in the still, mirror-like water. It's an incredible experience to be paddling in complete silence (apart from the odd exclamation of "WOW!") with the stars overhead and the water glowing around you.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00098628807494855839noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-73470279806951424502012-04-01T11:22:16.819-05:002012-04-01T11:22:16.819-05:00Walking along in the shallow waters of the ocean o...Walking along in the shallow waters of the ocean on Guam, your feet were outlined by bioluminescent critters...<br />Way cool!bobbiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14353836074794786357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-55781014151034677282011-02-11T15:25:24.140-06:002011-02-11T15:25:24.140-06:00I was staying with my uncle, who was teaching mari...I was staying with my uncle, who was teaching marine invertebrate zoology during the summer of 1956 at the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole (Massachusetts). Late one night my aunt came and woke me and my cousins and said we were going swimming at Stoney Beach (http://tinyurl.com/4kpp356). When we went in the water our bodies glowed as we moved. When my arms moved they would light up as the biolumniscent microorganisms were stimulated. It was an absolutely wonderful experience!Doc Rockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07493409113882770314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-43966972754383504232011-02-11T08:15:02.678-06:002011-02-11T08:15:02.678-06:00Probably millions of little critters delighted by ...Probably millions of little critters delighted by the rich nitrogen source suddenly arriving...Minnesotastanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382888179579245181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-32323873096616881572011-02-11T08:01:03.019-06:002011-02-11T08:01:03.019-06:0030 years ago in Maine, I was standing nighttime wa...30 years ago in Maine, I was standing nighttime watch on a 30' pulling boat in Penobscot Bay when I had to answer nature's call over the gunwhales. I was quite startled and amazed to see areas of bioluminescence surrounding the stream where it struck the water. Certainly not the same scale as in your article but plenty surprising seeing the phenomenon for the first time.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-2207357750224754102011-02-11T07:49:10.349-06:002011-02-11T07:49:10.349-06:00Interesting, Jim. Thanks for adding that note.Interesting, Jim. Thanks for adding that note.Minnesotastanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382888179579245181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-28170697670239777402011-02-11T05:31:24.769-06:002011-02-11T05:31:24.769-06:00This reminds me of an amazing evening i had at Lak...This reminds me of an amazing evening i had at Lake Tabourie near Ulladulla in NSW, Aus., at which time my friends and i had an American tourist friend visiting on his first overseas trip, which happened to be to Australia. It was the night of new year's day 2006, and I'm not sure what conditions caused it, but after a day of searing temperatures (peaked at 45°C = 113°F) the lake itself was absolutely shimmering with bioluminescence. At night it was still very very warm so we spent the evening swimming into the small hours of the 2nd of January, and the whole time everyone was clearly visible because of the amazingly bright algae stirred into illumination by even the slightest movement in the lagoon, between the lake and the ocean. It was fantastically bright. I vividly remember us taking turns doing what we called 'interpretive dance' (mindless thrashing) in the middle of the lagoon late at night, simply because anybody's movements were surrounded by a nimbus of ghostly green light.<br /><br />The tourist with us said it was the most amazing experience of his life and that none of his friends back home would believe him. I'm glad we gave him such a memorable experience, even if it was completely serendipitous and we had no idea the lake would be glowing as much as it did =)Jimnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-25813615052199610822011-02-10T22:20:47.056-06:002011-02-10T22:20:47.056-06:00You might consider reading the link: "Luckily...You might consider reading the link: "Luckily, Noctiluca Scintillans was not a health threat..."Minnesotastanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382888179579245181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-52382073414950298722011-02-10T20:43:33.473-06:002011-02-10T20:43:33.473-06:00Sweet, like a real life Pandora =D
Though I don&#...Sweet, like a real life Pandora =D<br /><br />Though I don't know if that guy should have all of that stuff on him, especially since some of those bacteria that cause biolilluminescent also create Red Tides.CloudSampsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05459873067554831037noreply@blogger.com