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malibu Nov 8, 2003

so i was reading the paper today and heard some more about another place that i love. my home country of puerto rico. and there is a bay on the south side of the country that glows in the dark!...

skaorsk8 Nov 8, 2003

more details on this, please.

malibu Nov 9, 2003

it's called Phosphorescent Bay near Parguera (that's a fishing villiage in the extremem southwestern part of Puerto rico in the municipality of lajas) it looks the best if there on a moonless or ve...

thatdarngirl Nov 9, 2003

But why does it glow? Is it toxic waste, bits of jelly fish..or just a natural occurence?

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dgiaimoOG 2003

According to this page, it appears to be caused be trillions of microscopic organisms that glow when agitated. (Google is a wonderful thing.)

tinser tinserOG 2002

wow, that's awesome, we should bring some phosphorescent dinoflagellites to ny

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