#coastlife

[enchantedforestsworld]

I invite you to immerse yourself and just enjoy the tranquility and the view under the sea

[spaceadvances]

What glows there? The answer depends: sea or sky? In the sea, the unusual blue glow is bioluminescence. Specifically, the glimmer arises from Noctiluca scintillans, single-celled plankton stimulated by the lapping waves.

The plankton use their glow to startle and illuminate predators. This mid-February display on an island in the Maldives was so intense that the astrophotographer described it as a turquoise wonderland.

In the sky, by contrast, are the more familiar glows of stars and nebulas. The white band rising from the artificially-illuminated green plants is created by billions of stars in the central disk of our Milky Way Galaxy.

Also visible in the sky is the star cluster Omega Centauri, toward the left, and the famous Southern Cross asterism in the center.

Red-glowing nebulas include the bright Carina Nebula, just right of center, and the expansive Gum Nebula on the upper right.

📷: Petr Horálek / Institute of Physics in Opava, Sovena Jani

[bluebelly-sun-serpentine]

December 27th, 2023

[dutch-wanderlust]

[city-cost]

Morning in the Hazu district of Makinohara, Shizuoka Prefecture, central Japan.

[dudewhoabides]

California Sunset Photographer Jon Pinter

[stonedwitchery]

Mourning. Taken by me. Douglas family reserve, Santa Barbara, CA.

[touchdownbane]

Beach dunes on a windy day

[hellmanlennart]

[toyastales]

A beautiful sunset with a hazy glow and pastel skies

[mikeahrens]

Warm days at the sea and the sunsets. I wish I was there all the time!

[coldbrewbutch]

By jayvarch

Pt Lobos, CA

[thefarmersblog]

After a day at work a walk at the beach was needed, and we watched the sunset. On one side was the sea, and on the other was a field of sheep and lambs. In the pictures are Valerian (pink) and Sea Campion (white)

[bluebelly-sun-serpentine]

I had such a nice birthday.

[dutch-wanderlust]

[soilovejapan]

Onigajo Japan