Bioluminescence
Light in the darkness, the living glow of the deep, from firefly squid and lanternfish to the bomber worms and glowing corals that turn the midnight zone into a light show.
Part of Deep-Sea Exploration
18 moments in this segment.
- - Operation Deep Scope 2005: Eye-in-the-Sea Bioluminescence. NOAA Ocean Exploration
- - Deep Sea Creatures Exhibit Bioluminescence | Blue Planet | BBC Earth. BBC Earth
- - Islands in the Stream 2002: Bioluminescing Deep Sea Coral. NOAA Ocean Exploration
- - Bioluminescence 2009: Six-gill Shark Mystery. NOAA Ocean Exploration
- - Bioluminescence 2009: "How To Capture A Sea Cucumber". NOAA Ocean Exploration
- - Firefly squid (Watasenia). The firefly squid of Japan’s Toyama Bay, whose blue bioluminescence lights the water each spring.
- - A bioluminescent bloom. Noctiluca and other bioluminescent plankton set the sea aglow, the same living light that fills the deep.
- - Strange Bioluminescing Deep Sea Animals | Blue Planet | BBC Earth. BBC Earth
- - The Beauty Of Deep-sea Creatures | Blue Planet | BBC Earth. BBC Earth
- - The Dinner That Glows In the Dark. Great Big Story
- - Pyrosomes are free-floating, bioluminescent colonial tunicates. MBARI (Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute)
- - Weird and Wonderful: Green bomber worms drop bioluminescent "bombs". MBARI (Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute)
- - Bioluminescence in the deep sea: Glow-in-the-dark corals light up the deep ocean. MBARI (Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute)
- - Japan's mysterious glowing squid. Brut America
- - Bioluminescence in the deep sea: How and why do animals create their own light?. MBARI (Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute)
- - Firefly Squid: A Light in the Deep | Forces of Nature | BBC Earth Science. BBC Earth Science
- - Light in the Dark. Schmidt Ocean Institute
- - Elasmobranches of Palau: Lanternshark and Deepwater Stingray | Nautilus Live. EVNautilus
