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    Posted: January 19 2011 at 10:55am
http://www.philhart.com/content/bioluminescence-gippsland-lakes
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Bioluminescent algae never looked that cool to me until now.

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I thought the pictures were fake until I found that article. Amazing!
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is this for real? does this type of algae actually glow in the dark?
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Yeah it's real. Perfect storm essentially had to occur to get it to grow in this concentration
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Wow that is amazing, great story as well.
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yea when i went to puerto rico for vacation they had a "bioluminescence bay". You could go scuba or kayaking in it...we didn't but it looked awesome, you wave your hand through it and it leaves a trail of light.
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