(CNN) – Big Sur is home to some of the most breathtaking views in the US, but a recent bloom in bioluminescent phytoplankton has turned its waves into a full-blown spectacle.
The bright blue water under California’s Bixby Creek Bridge comes alive in photographs taken on Monday night by Monterey photographer George Krieger. Combined with a star-speckled sky, the entire scene lights up the night.
So what’s causing the unusual sight?
“It is almost certainly a dinoflagellate bloom. We are also seeing relative high bioluminescence with our instruments here in Monterey Bay,” Steve Haddock, a bioluminescence specialist at the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, told CNN affiliate KSBW.
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A recent bloom in bioluminescent phytoplankton has turned the breathtaking waves of Big Sur into a full-blown spectacle https://t.co/krwH6jXBKj pic.twitter.com/idMzxrjZT0
— CNN (@CNN) February 8, 2018
Awesome!
Nature is beautiful.
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