Bioluminescent waves

2022 - 3 - 23

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What are those blue glittering waves at Pasir Ris beach? Scientists ... (TODAY)

SINGAPORE — While recording a short film at Pasir Ris beach, a group of university students chanced upon something “magical”: Glowing neon blue waves ...

In his original Facebook post, Mr Teo has now added a disclaimer: “To anyone looking to go, please respect the environment, and be safe! It applies to any organism that we see and not just for these,” he added. She also believes that this phenomenon could be common in Singapore due to the high rainfall and warm weather here. It’s this increase in oxygen that causes the luminescence.” When you look at the sand after the waves retreat, you can see blue specks of glitter starting to retract along with the waves. One of the undergraduates, Mr Eric Teo, 24 who uploaded a video of the bioluminescent waves on Facebook on Tuesday (March 22), said: “It was really quite a sight.

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Blue bioluminescent waves at S'pore beach provide rare surprising ... (Mothership.sg)

Teo said he and his friends were recording a short film when they noticed that the crashing waves were glowing neon blue. The footage was not edited or colour ...

Here is another video of the glowing waves taken on Mar. 20 at Changi Beach by a different group of friends: A video of the phenomenon was shared to the Nature Society (Singapore) group on Mar. 22 by Eric Teo. Blue waves were seen at a beach in Singapore recently by a group of friends who were lucky enough to witness the phenomenon at night.

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Blue wonder: Singapore waters light up with algae bloom (The Straits Times)

These streaks of light were emitted by a group of marine microorganisms called dinoflagellates. . Read more at straitstimes.com.

"We didn't know that we could experience the blue tide in Singapore and it was a totally unexpected encounter," she said. Ms Alsagoff said: "The waves that crashed produced a slightly blue glow. He said: "To my knowledge, we haven't seen this extent of bioluminescence in recent years. Mr Teo, 24, told The Straits Times: "We brushed it off initially as we thought they were light reflections from the moon or lamp posts. But as we went closer, we noticed blue glitter-like particles in the water whenever it crashed on the shore." SINGAPORE - The waters around Singapore have been "on fire" in recent days, with blue streaks of light resembling the base of a candle's flame spotted in open waters offshore and in waves crashing on beaches in Pasir Ris and Changi.

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Waters around Singapore light up blue due to marine phenomenon (AsiaOne)

Elsewhere, however, such bioluminescent algal blooms have made the beaches in Maldives and Puerto Rico famous for their spectacles of an ocean that glitters ...

"We didn't know that we could experience the blue tide in Singapore and it was a totally unexpected encounter," she said. Ms Alsagoff said: "The waves that crashed produced a slightly blue glow. He said: "To my knowledge, we haven't seen this extent of bioluminescence in recent years. Mr Tan, 24, told The Straits Times: "We brushed it off initially as we thought they were light reflections from the moon or lamp posts. SINGAPORE - The waters around Singapore have been "on fire" in recent days, with blue streaks of light resembling the base of a candle's flame spotted in open waters offshore and in waves crashing on beaches in Pasir Ris and Changi. But as we went closer, we noticed blue glitter-like particles in the water whenever it crashed on the shore."

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