RadRob
Contributor
When night diving, be sure to check out the bio-luminescents. Absolutely captivating. I had my light off and I spent five minutes just waving my hands in the water during a deco stop. Looks like someone slipped acid in your drink or something.
I attached a pic to show what I am talking about.
What it is... What you are seeing is single-celled bioluminescent dinoflagellates. These half-plant, half-animal organisms emit a flash of bluish light when agitated at night. The high concentration of these creatures (Pyrodimium bahamense) can create enough light to read a book from. Some places have tons of them and the show is awesome. A place with a lot of them is in Vieques Island, Puerto Rico called "Bio-Bay". Truly awesome.
The Flower Gardens off the Texas/Louisiana coast has some, but not as many as pictured here.
There is a company that has based an entire business on the genes of these organisms. They make anything from glasses that glow, to icing for cakes, to additives for beverages.
I attached a pic to show what I am talking about.
What it is... What you are seeing is single-celled bioluminescent dinoflagellates. These half-plant, half-animal organisms emit a flash of bluish light when agitated at night. The high concentration of these creatures (Pyrodimium bahamense) can create enough light to read a book from. Some places have tons of them and the show is awesome. A place with a lot of them is in Vieques Island, Puerto Rico called "Bio-Bay". Truly awesome.
The Flower Gardens off the Texas/Louisiana coast has some, but not as many as pictured here.
There is a company that has based an entire business on the genes of these organisms. They make anything from glasses that glow, to icing for cakes, to additives for beverages.