Milky seas effect
Milky seas, sometimes confused with mareel, are a luminous phenomenon in the ocean in which large areas of seawater appear to glow diffusely and continuously. Such occurrences glow brightly enough at night to be visible from satellites orbiting Earth. Unlike flashing waves or red-tide luminescence caused by algae such as dinoflagellates, milky seas originate from luminous bacteria.
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