Seaward adventurers were already awestruck by the bioluminescence billowing around their motor boat when dolphins joined in on the fun, causing their jaws to drop even further.
The phytoplankton glows when physically agitated. Bioluminescence is caused by tiny organisms that drift in the ocean called Lingulodinium polyedra, often called phytoplankton. They are a species of motile photosynthetic dinoflagellates, according to Dr. Drew Lucas, an associate professor at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego.
"They're like plants in the sense that they photosynthesize, but they're unlike most plants in the fact that they move around a bunch. They can swim," Lucas said. These organisms are red during the day but don't show off their blue glow until nighttime when they're physically disturbed by things like breaking waves, boats and dolphins!
"That flash of light for each individual cell is not very bright, but when there's a lot of them in the water, that's when they really can light the waves up and lead to quite bright glowing," Lucas said.The bioluminescence grows strong in the boat's wake.
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