pro_junior Report This Comment Date: August 31, 2007 01:04AM
Shining Sea
Glowing algae light up California’s largest lake
Taken on the southern shore of the Salton Sea, this eight-second exposure is lit
from three sources: the moon overhead, the lights of a nearby power plant, and
mysterious bioluminescent algae blooming in the water. Waves agitating the
single-celled organisms cause a chemical reaction within them that releases
energy in the form of light. San Diego State University biologists collected the
first samples of the glowing algae from the lake in January and have identified
them as dinoflagellates in the genus Alexandrium, a kind of algae typically
found along ocean coastlines. The scientist's next tasks are to determine
whether the algae are a new species and to figure out what's fueling their
recent growth.
shaDEz Report This Comment Date: August 31, 2007 03:05AM
hmmmm...