Comments on: "Milky Sea": Mysterious Ocean Glow.

By: Fred Fitzgerald

Fred Fitzgerald — Mon, 19 May 2008 23:42:19 +0000

u deserve 2 fall in a hole…it is avbiously the alge doing something HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

By: joel

joel — Wed, 06 Dec 2006 17:24:35 +0000

i witnessed the same type of phenomenon. when i was 17 i went to visit some friends, in sitka alaska.
they owned a fishing boat, and we were out halibut fishing. then they decided to take me out to this island way out in the ocean. i have no idea how far out it was, for i got a bit sea sick and had to go lie down for awhile. anyhow we got there in the late evening. and while we were setting up camp in the three sided cabin, shayne called me back down to the shore. he said, “check this out”, and as he would run his hand through the water, it would glow very brightly, so i did it, and as you disrupt the water, it would glow, and if you scooped up a handfull of water it would sparkle, not like reflections either, for that was my first thought, but it would dance in your hands, like little fire flies in the water.
so we did what any adolecents would do. we started the boat back up, and shut off all the lights and drove around, all you could see was the glow of the wake. very awesome!! i also got it on tape, but cannot find the tape, wich sucks cause i’m speaking to my daughters class, on alaska(reason being i work up there in a mine) and would love to show them that tape, cause i also caught a bald eagle swooping down and snatching a fish, and a humpback whale that surfaced right beside the boat. so close that when it blew out its blowhole it misted us, and pee-euw.
anyway just thought i’d share. i sure am gratefull to have seen what i saw. esspecially now that i know how rare it is. i cant believe that they dont know what causes the ocean to glow, how do i explain it to a classroom full of inquisitive minds, without sounding like a fool? oh well, perhaps they’ll just like the story, and if a fool is what i’m to be, then so be it.

By: Chemz

Chemz — Sun, 16 Jul 2006 15:04:27 +0000

It is godzilla have you never seen the film

By: Fab

Fab — Fri, 12 May 2006 01:28:47 +0000

political borders ARE visible from space you know!

In other news, since they are debating over the cause, nobody is really up to taking their own little boat and row to the spot to see it first hand …

By: Mikey

Mikey — Wed, 10 May 2006 10:18:11 +0000

It’s a damn nob stain from one of those horny scientist dudes. Saw the telescope and prematurly ejaculated.

Otherwise a massive congragation of plankton that glows in the dark.

By: Alex

Alex — Tue, 09 May 2006 19:39:58 +0000

It must be a computer-generated overlay.

By: ramona

ramona — Tue, 09 May 2006 19:03:47 +0000

why does the satellite image have political borders?

By: Jon

Jon — Tue, 09 May 2006 04:39:46 +0000

Looks like one of those Invasion creatures to me

By: Sahan

Sahan — Tue, 09 May 2006 00:07:25 +0000

I remember reading about this some time ago. Taken from
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milky_seas :

Milky seas is a condition on the open ocean where large areas of seawater (up to 6,000 square miles) are filled with bioluminescent bacteria, causing the ocean to uniformly glow an eerie blue at night…

… conclusions were that the effect was caused by the bacteria Vibrio harveyi.

By: Tom from Europe

Tom from Europe — Mon, 08 May 2006 20:19:14 +0000

Maybe it was something on the lens…

By: Miss Cellania

Miss Cellania — Mon, 08 May 2006 11:43:51 +0000

Obviously, a secret underwater nuclear reactor. Its the elusive weapons of mass destruction!