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Nature, Videos & Documentaries, Weird Stuff, Sep 30th, 2011,
Late summer algae blooms along the San Diego, California coastline have turned the ocean red during the day and a bioluminescent blue at night. The fluorescent blue waves have attracted spectators to the shores around San Diego, offering rare photo and video opportunities. It is interesting to note that the water is not constantly glowing, but only gives off a blue light when agitated, so the waves flash blue when crashing and then grow dark again. From the Los Angeles Times: The blue glow is caused by an algae bloom commonly referred to as a red tide. The organisms, phytoplankton…
Tags: bioluminescent, blue, California, glow, red tide, san diego, waves
Nature, Videos & Documentaries, Sep 29th, 2010,
A tidal bore is when waves of water rush through a narrow passage against the natural current of a body of water. Tidal bores are actually tidal waves, which are often mistakenly confused with tsunamis. Sometimes the phenomena of seawater being funneled through a river mouth can be quite spectacular, such as the annual tidal bore in China’s Qiantang River. From ITN News: Each year, just after the mid-Autumn festival, when the moon is at its fullest, a huge waves rolls along the wide mouth of the Qiantang near Hangzhou in China’s eastern Zhejiang province. Watch this dramatic video footage…
Tags: China, Qiantang, river, tidal bore, video, waves
