CALL ME CRAZY BUT....
Submitted by Matt Grundl on Wed, 2015-01-14 15:31
Over the past few nights I've noticed on the seaweed I pull in little specks about the size of a grain of sand that glow when moved... And I'm not talking just a slight shimmer I mean it actually looks like little stars in my seaweed... Has anyone else ever seen anything like this or is my never-ending hunt for 1m+ mulloway starting to send my mind down the rabbit hole?
Sorry bout my phone camera simply didn't pick up the glowing sand in my seaweed
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fishy fingers
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phospherescence
not sure of the spelling but google it
bleicester
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bioluminescense
bioluminescense
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fishy fingers
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thats the word
i just spelt it wrong! actualy just looked up my word and its the same sort of thing maybe a different wat to call it
Matt Grundl
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Thanks quick research on
Thanks quick research on those words and seems like it's some sort of plankton... Judging by the lack of surprised replys this is common around perth??
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rob90
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You get it in the river
You get it in the river water this time of year, when you splash about it glows bright green.
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bleicester
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I wouldn't say common but I
I wouldn't say common but I remember reading about it when researching the Maldives
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Hutch
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Yea, seen it on the beach a
Yea, seen it on the beach a few times. Tried to single the grains out but all I see is sand, yet when the light is turned off it glows
Matt Grundl
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Exactly what I was doing...
Exactly what I was doing... Passers by must of thought I was crazy
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beeroclock
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When we scuba dive at night out in the ocean we turn the
torches off and wave our hands around - water lights up around you due to bioluminescence its quite a sight. Predatory fish hunt at night by the bioluminescence produced by smaller fish as they swim
Willy
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Very common
Used to love sitting on the flight deck of a warship at night and watch the glow as the prop stirred up the water. I also do it a lot when prawn diving, sometimes inadvertently when my torch turned it self off. looks awesome at 15 metres, but can't beat the show produced by a ship at 32 knots
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32 knots Hmm
Well that rules out an FFG and a DDG and it certainly wasn't a majestic class, so, that means you are either an American or a Russian ex sailor.
Auslobster
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Either that...
...or he's leaked out some classified information!
Paul H
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Used to turn my torch off
Used to turn my torch off deliberately on night dives - once your eyes adjust you'd be surprised how much more you can see (depending on the moon etc.).
Can recall finding a wooden pallet under a jetty - gave it a shake and the whole thing lit up like a 60watt globe
Turning the torch off is also great for swimming up behind your dive buddy and grabbing his flipper!!
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It is common all over Oz,
It is common all over Oz, some say it scares the fish away when about
C.P
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Crazy
Yep - I reckon you're crazy Matt. Could be Aliens - or maybe a Jap Sub lurking around.
keg
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we used to get it in the N.T.
you could drive the boat at night and the whole wake would glow,cool to see.
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Phosphorescence or
Phosphorescence or biolumenescence, little creatures, likely zooplankton, who create their own light. An ability also possessed by larger creatures, and the predators of those larger creatures have eyes which are attuned to it. Possibly more common in the tropics, but I have been in a twin outboard powered boat out of Port Licoln on a glass calm night where it looked like you had two powerful green spotlights facing rear. One of nature's little gifts to those who are lucky enough to observe it. And one of the reasons that "lumo" lures work so well on the deeper stuff.