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blue surf

04 Jan

A video taken with my d3s! The blue phosphorescent glow that comes into sight when the waves crash, agitating the algae in the water responsible for red tide. Awesome stuff – it gets into the sand too so if you step on the sand or kick it around or even draw in it you get awesome blue flashes and trails.

 
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  1. defendhumankind

    January 4, 2013 at 4:12 am

    Uh, no… Its phosferous. Or however its spelled. In this case it would be a nigh concentration.

     

  2. kevlar

    January 4, 2013 at 5:01 am

    My kids love “TRON Beach!” I love how you can even still see it when headlights came on. It was amazing. Wanna go shoot more!

     

  3. mschampion1000

    January 4, 2013 at 5:23 am

    what’s really cool is going out at night on the boat and watching the blue wake! ..wow!

     

  4. jmecrg

    January 4, 2013 at 5:28 am

    damn fukushima

     

  5. FlyingAxblade

    January 4, 2013 at 6:21 am

    leviathan anyone? 

     

  6. controlfreakssuckass

    January 4, 2013 at 6:29 am

    awesome!

     

  7. pattybbb1

    January 4, 2013 at 6:50 am

    wow, and I thought the jellyfish that glowed when agitated at night, along the Mississippi coast was crazy! Probably happening about this time of year too.

     

  8. wendy53517

    January 4, 2013 at 6:59 am

    Ooh, that’s cool wish I had ridden a blue wave in my surfing days and been aware of it! Incidentally I LOVE the human sound effects..just kids again having a whole bunch of fun..way to go D and L…hugs to you both from myself and Cookie cat xox

     

  9. clnmyjts

    January 4, 2013 at 7:30 am

    nice video! I think this video explains the phenomena; Cold Light: Dinoflagellate Bioluminescence /watch?v=-nBS3vgHOHg

     

  10. wotsgonon1

    January 4, 2013 at 7:42 am

    st elmos fire

     

  11. dreamsava

    January 4, 2013 at 8:33 am

    I saw this years ago just north of LA and have told many people who seem not to believe me. Happy to see there is a video now to prove it. Anyone know what causes it? Do conditions have to be just right to see it? Like enough moonlight or overcast or time of year or anything?

     

  12. ARTILECT4U

    January 4, 2013 at 9:14 am

    PURA VIDA!!!

     

  13. ProphetChaser

    January 4, 2013 at 10:03 am

    I have seen this in Costa Rica but the color was more greenish. The color we see in your video is more Cyan. Thank God for dinoflagellates Great video.

     

  14. todd987

    January 4, 2013 at 10:12 am

    Electrons moving up energy levels producing light.

     

  15. vissago

    January 4, 2013 at 10:36 am

    Yah, the red tide glows blue at night when agitated, so the crashing waves produce light. Science is awesome 😀

     

  16. Kevin Tran

    January 4, 2013 at 11:01 am

    What the?? That’s awesome ! :O