What is causing the waves in California to glow?
Glowing waves in California are attracting surfers and kayakers. What is causing this eerie, otherworldly phenomenon?
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same thing happens to cruise ships going thru some algae fields
i would love to see it.....thanks for posting
in 2010 they found out about harmless genes. or genes that had no effect in certain environments, they took some of these genes from a firefly (the one's that make it glow) and put it in algae for different exotic resorts around the world somehow the got out and are multiplying in the wild
nonsense....these algae blooms have been around for eons. Why would you post something that you just "made up?"
its plankton. it glows with friction. illumination
Must be God Photoshopping the waves.
This happens in MandarMani near Kolkata India. Have seen it, but could not get a picture to prove it.
It happens in the Gulf of Mexico, as well. It comes around in August and it is cool. I remember as a teenager splashing around the water and having it glow. Only problem is that in the daytime the beach is a mess with the stuff the algae kills washed up on shore and the water is an ugly rusty red colour, like it rusted. But at night ... awesome.
That happens where I am from: Lake Macquarie, Australia
Or it could be just all the toxic waste the US has dumped in the oceans over the years
Wow amazing!
Sure it's not just fallout from Fukushima?
To all those who think this isn't that cool, have you seen it in California? Because it is truly BEAUTIFUL. This is just one of the many stunning sites nature has to offer. Learn to appreciate!
Went to go see this at science camp in middle school. Nothing really special..
I´ve seen it this summer in The Netherlands too. Not as bright as on these pictures but ligt enough to be really pretty!
Amazing, simply amazing
The algae gets on the beach too and as you walk and your feet hit the sand it sparkles. Really awesome!
Totally RAD!!!
There are eco-tours in Puerto Rico that explore, by kayak, lagoons filled with these organisms. It is a magical and powerful feeling to watch them glow and sparkle as you pull your arm through the water!!! I have experienced this first hand. Another of Gods amazing creations!
NOT god... nature
I went on one of these tours in Puerto Rico and its something I will never forget even though at times my kayak partner would start drifting towards the woods. Lol
You'll probably censor this but I'll try anyway. Could the waves be glowing from the tons of radioactive water that Japan dumped into the Pacific Ocean?
Not radiation. You never learned about microorganisms and red tides in school? They contain the same type of chemical that you see in lightening bugs, glowing mushrooms, and deep sea creatures such as anglar fish. The chemical reacts differently in each creature, like survival skills that have adapted to how and where they live.
Radioactive materials doesn't actually glow. It's a myth, created for movies, since actual radioactive materials look quite boring (they basically look like steel or copper). The closest you can come to glowing radioactive materials is the mineral Torbernite, which does glow faintly after exposure to UV light, by it only contain minute traces of inert uranium.
radioactivity doesn't mean something glows. radioactive material does, in high concentrations, but japan didn't leak a significant amount. the coast and even the water inside the reactors do not glow in japan. much less the united states. and you receive more radiation from natural sources in a single day than you will get from the radiation japan leaked, from either air or water, than you will in a lifetime. hope this helps you out.
Indirectly at absolute best...but probably, no. Massive algae blooms tend to be caused by massive dumping of farm waste and such into oceans.
No.
The radiation given off by the fuel (uranium) utilised in nuclear power plants does not create a "glow."
we have the same thing up in northern norway...
