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Pink ï¼·ater Glows Blue at Night as Sea Sparkle Arrive at Tottori

Video footage taken April 21 shows the water along a beach in Iwami, Tottori Prefecture, turning luminescent blue at night due to the presence of sea sparkle, a type of plankton, when disturbed by sand, pebbles and water thrown in by visitors. In the daytime, sea sparkle (Noctiluca scintillans) and other planktons give the water a pinkish color. The microorganisms, which breed when the water temperature reaches between 16 and 22 degrees, are observed from mid-April to late May, according to a curator at the San’in Kaigan Geopark Museum of the Earth and Sea. The town of Iwami forms part of the San’in Kaigan UNESCO Global Geopark.
Video footage taken April 21 shows the water along a beach in Iwami, Tottori Prefecture, turning luminescent blue at night due to the presence of sea sparkle, a type of plankton, when disturbed by sand, pebbles and water thrown in by visitors. In the daytime, sea sparkle (Noctiluca scintillans) and other planktons give the water a pinkish color. The microorganisms, which breed when the water temperature reaches between 16 and 22 degrees, are observed from mid-April to late May, according to a curator at the San’in Kaigan Geopark Museum of the Earth and Sea. The town of Iwami forms part of the San’in Kaigan UNESCO Global Geopark.
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Credit:
The Asahi Shimbun Video
Editorial #:
951756468
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The Asahi Shimbun Video
Date created:
April 21, 2018
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00:00:47:15
Location:
Iwami Tottori, Japan
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QuickTime 8-bit Photo-JPEG SD 720x576 25p
Source:
The Asahi Shimbun Video
Object name:
20180423planktonintheseatottori.mov