by APOD Robot » Mon Mar 11, 2024 4:06 am
A Full Plankton Moon
Explanation: What glows in the night? This night
featured a combination of usual and unusual glows. Perhaps the most usual glow was from
the Moon, a potentially familiar object. The full Moon's nearly
vertical descent results from the observer being near
Earth's equator. As the Moon sets,
air and
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unusual glow was from the bioluminescent
plankton, likely less familiar objects. These [url=
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deter predators. In this case, the glow was caused primarily by plankton-containing waves crashing onto the beach. The image was taken on
Soneva Fushi Island,
Maldives just over one year ago.
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