The #5 most beautiful luminous beaches in various parts of the world

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The 5 most beautiful luminous beaches in various parts of the world. The beaches of Okayama (Japan), Primrose Sands (Tasmania), San Diego (USA), Vieques (Puerto Rico), and Vadhoo (Maldives) have beaches with the most beautiful bioluminescence phenomenon in the world. Caused by sea animals whose bodies contain light pigments.

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If bioluminescence in other areas is more like light, a similar phenomenon in the Maldives of the Maldives actually looks like a sea of sparkling stars. This is because ostracod crustaceans that have a stronger pigment of light than plankton and dinoflagellate.

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Along the Seto Sea stretching from Kyushu to Awajishima, Okayama, Japan is decorated with glowing blue threads during the summer. This phenomenon is caused by Vargula hilgendorfii which locals call umihotaru (sea fireflies). They hide under the sand during the day and appear at night to find food.

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According to researcher David Gruber, there are at least 6,000 luminous dinoflagellates in a tablespoon of sea water Mosquito Bay, Vieques, Puerto Rico.

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Each year, red algae called Lingulodinium polyedrum grow rapidly off the shores of San Diego, southern California. It is these creatures that cause the beaches of Mission Bay and Torrey Pines to glow at night.

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