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My camera wasn't light-sensitive enough to take a usable photo of the glowing phytoplankton in the waters and seaweed along our shore, but this shot gives you an idea of the firefly-like show we witnessed.

My camera wasn’t light-sensitive enough to take a usable photo of the glowing phytoplankton in the waters and seaweed along our shore, but this shot gives you an idea of the firefly-like show we witnessed.

I wasn't able to take a usable photo of the glowing phytoplankton in the waters and rockweed at our house, but this shot gives you an idea of what it looked like.
This is a more extreme illustration of phytoplankton bioluminescence, photographed along the New Jersey coast.
 
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