During my stay in Puerto Rico my mother and I went on a trip to Vieques to see the Bioluminescent Bay. Probably one of the coolest natural thing I've seen.
Basically the Bioluminescent Bay is cool because it is filled with these half-animal, half-plant organisms that emit a flash of green light when agitated at night. Basically you move the water, they light up. Technically they are called bioluminescent dinoflagelletes and there are about 720,000 of them in the bay we went to. I hate that I couldn't take any pictures because it has to be really dark so you can see them well and it's hard to really get them on camera. Non of my attempts worked. Here's one from a professional.
It looks more blue in the picture but I remember them being green. The trip we went on lets you get in the water and swim with them & most places don't let you. My favorite part was dipping my hands in & out of the water because you could see each little bead of light dripping down your arm. Seriously if you ever get the chance check it out, but if it's something you're definitely planning on doing check out a moon calendar first because they don't go out for about a week coming up to a full moon.
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