Swimming in a GLOWING OCEAN ! Incredible Bioluminescence

A massive Red tide washed into False Bay, South Africa, and the bioluminescence it produced, amazed everyone watching ! Trillions of tiny diatoms mixing enzymes and making light, putting on a magical show.

The chemical is Luciferin (from the Latin lucifer, "light-bringer") is a generic term for the light-emitting compound found in organisms that generate bioluminescence. Luciferins typically undergo an enzyme-catalysed oxidation and the resulting excited state intermediate emits light upon decaying to its ground state... so states Wikipedia !

[BDNeon]

I bet the dog getting covered in that stuff and then shaking off would have been a REALLY spectacular sight. Just imagine it!

[justamobile]

Thats incredible!

Digging the vids!

[emyeu]

I "m from VietNam
I love this video
I love chemistry

[magi]

What kind of camera did you use to capture this?

[TheRealUnknwn_]

This video has two titles? One says I took lucieferin and it blew my mind, the other says swimming in a glowing ocean, incredible bioluminescenceo

[atNguyen-unrg]

can i ask you where was you at that place in video
sorry if you had said the answer in video cause i not good at listenning
tks in case i forget

[MikeTrieu]

They're dinoflagellates, not diatoms.

[jonesco]

HI Steve! Dylan here, is this still happening? Keen to take kids