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4 de ago. de 2022 · Earth’s ‘Milky seas’ observed from space and sea. For the first time, the luminescent nautical phenomenon has been discovered in satellite data and subsequently corroborated by sailors. By Mark...
30 de jul. de 2022 · 38. On some moonless nights, enormous patches of the Northwest Indian Ocean and seas around Indonesia begin to glow. This event has been witnessed by hundreds of sailors, but only one research...
Also called mareel, the milky sea is caused by bioluminescent bacteria, billions of trillions of them, that live throughout the water column from the surface to the sea floor.
13 de jul. de 2022 · The mysterious and elusive Milky Seas phenomenon has been captured on camera for the first time by a yacht sailing in the East Indian Ocean. Crew members aboard the superyacht, Ganesha, were...
30 de jul. de 2021 · Technology is changing that. For over a century, mariners have reported an eerily beautiful phenomenon they called the "milky sea" - enormous patches of glowing water that sometimes persist for several nights in a row.
In the sea, the unusual blue glow is bioluminescence. Specifically, the glimmer arises from Noctiluca scintillans , single-celled plankton stimulated by the lapping waves. The plankton use their glow to startle and illuminate predators.
29 de jul. de 2021 · Summary: Using nearly a decade of satellite data, researchers have uncovered "milky seas" in a way they've never been seen before -- a rare and fascinating oceanic bioluminescent phenomenon...
