Beach In Maldives Looks Like an Ocean of Blue Stars
While vacationing on the Maldives Islands, Taiwanese photographer Will Ho came across a particularly mystical sight – a long stretch of a beach covered by billions of luminous blue dots. The seemingly magical imagery is actually anything but – it is caused by bioluminescent phytoplankton (Lingulodinium polyedrum).
These tiny organisms glow like fireflies whenever they are stressed or otherwise agitated by surface tension and acidity. They produce bioluminescence only in warm coastal waters. They have been seen on the beaches of Australia, Indonesia, Jamaica, Vietnam, Belgium, and Florida, California and New Jersey in the U.S.
Source: Flickr (via: thisiscolossal)
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Is there more info about this as in location which resort or does this occur on just about all Maldives locations
Looks like a scene from the Life of Pi :) beautiful!
is there anyway to verify the truth in these photos? i saw a similar species in Puerto rico, but there’s no way it could have been photographed. the light was too low to be captured on film.
Actually that depends on the camera…..My D610 would capture it just fine. :)
Is it ok to go in that water or will the organisms harm you?
No its plankton, they do not harm you at all!! ;D