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Pine Point Rainbow
Double Rainbow over Old Orchard Beach
Willard Beach Sunset
Popham Beach Blues
Bioluminescence 2
Milky Way Reflections
Middle Bay
Reid State Park Seascape
Pine Point Dory at Sunset
Bald Head Cliff
Reid State Park
Sprucehead Maine Lobster Shacks in W..nter
Lookout Point Mirror
Boulder Beach Acadia
Reflections of a Maine Fishing Shack
Whaleback Lighthouse Intense Sea Smoke
Island in the Fog
The Cove at Reid State Park.jpg
Be There
Bioluminescence
Popham Beach Panorama 1x3
Popham Beach from Fox Island
God Moment
Sunset on the Coast of Maine
Giant Stairs
A Glorious Awakening
Reid State Park - Mile Beach
Reid State Park - Sandy Beach
Deer Isle - Sand Beach.jpg
Nubble Lighthouse Epic Sunrise
Ssss
Otherworldly
Reaching
Pemaquid
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![I thought I was seeing reflections at twilight under the cliffs, but as the sky got dark, the lights actually got brighter. I can't tell you how excited I was when I realized what we were seeing! According to the Smithsonian website, each dinoflagellate bursts into light when it feels pressure against its cell wall. The light is given off in an instantaneous process; when you add the light bursts of 750,000 dinoflagellates per cubic foot of water together the effect is spectacular!<br />
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Almost all marine bioluminescence is (greenish) blue in color because the blue-green light [wavelength around 470 nanometers] transmits furthest in water. Most organisms are sensitive only to blue light, although the luminescence in this case is readily visible to the dark-adapted human eye.<br />
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Also, the intensity of luminescence of these photosynthetic creatures depends on the intensity of sunlight the previous day. The brighter the sunlight the brighter the waters will glow that night.](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get2/I0000bzsOMcH88eo/fit=180x180/fill=/g=G0000P82AvASYEO8/I0000bzsOMcH88eo.jpg)
