We have glowing beaches here on Earth … and they are spectacular!

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Do you know any glowing beaches?

Have you ever tasted the magic of bioluminescence? Well, here you go…

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So why are these beaches glowing like a beautiful night sky?

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It’s bioluminescent plankton.

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These tiny animals produce a substance that glows in the dark.

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And the resulting color is like a beautiful starry sky.

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The beautiful phenomenon is actually intended to scare away predators.

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Here a great video about this eerie natural phenomenon:

There is just one thing to say: plankton survive with style.

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But bioluminescence isn’t only glowing blue…

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Could you imagine these beaches colored in different shades of green, orange, or red.

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Eerie… More pictures of bioluminescent plankton on Google images.

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Do you know that fish also emit bioluminescence?

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