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Re: Glowing Sea Surface
From: Gerard Mittelstaedt
Date: 2003 Nov 10, 20:11 -0600
From: Gerard Mittelstaedt
Date: 2003 Nov 10, 20:11 -0600
Hi, There is a tenuous navigation link. During WWII the Japanese attempted developing a sort of paste from the glowing dinoflagets to smear on their hands and create enough illumination to read charts. I've never tried it myself. When running a small catamaran with an outboard motor near Biloxi, Mississippi we noticed lots of phosphorescence, and every now and then an "explosion" of light, which seemed to coincide with the propeller chopping up a "cabbage head" or "cannon ball" jellyfish. - Gerard Mittelstaedt McAllen, TX Fred Hebard wrote: > > Thanks for sharing these stories guys. I know they don't have anything > to do with navigation, but they do have something to do with the sea, > which is a main reason I read this list. And they are a bit magical, > at least to me. > > Fred Hebard --------------- Gerard Mittelstaedt mitt@hiline.net McAllen, Texas USA
