Milky Sea Phenomenon Explained

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	Milky Sea Phenomenon Explained

AndreaJoRush

10-19-2007 11:16 PM

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science, environment, bioluminescence, microbiology

AndreaJoRush says:

This is really interesting. There's a video on the web site.

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/8f7417b0-af2b-4b19-b69c-ad094d5bb9c2/F68F15DF-3C3B-4797-974F-F8C6B10F885C/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.sciencedaily.com/videos/2006/0707-uncovering_the_mysteries_of_the_seas.htm" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/videos/2006/0707-uncovering_the_mysteries_of_the_seas.htm" style="font-size: 11px;">www.sciencedaily.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.sciencedaily.com/videos/2006/0707-uncovering_the_mysteries_of_the_seas.htm"><P id="firstparagraph"><SPAN>July 1, 2006</SPAN> — For centuries, sailors in the Indian Ocean have told stories of seas glowing with a dim, white light at night. Satellite images have now confirmed the appearance of what seem to be bioluminescent bacteria, right where a ship's crew reported seeing the "milky seas" 11 years ago. Scientists say this rare phenomenon could be a way for the bacteria to attract the attention of fish so they can enter their guts and live there.
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The milky seas are caused by bacteria that produce light just like fireflies light up at night, giving a signal.
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How many bacteria would it take to light up the seas? Four billion trillion.
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