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It seems that red tide has come to the waters off of southern California and now the water has a distinct red color to it. Red tide is cause by a sudden population boom of phtoplankton or algae which turns the water a distinct red color. It is believed that the trigger for these events is when off shore currents bring an upwelling of nutrient rich water from deep in the ocean; with so much extra food in the water the phtoplanktons go crazy and reproduce so quickly that all of the water near the coast actually changes colors.
The really cool thing is that at night these phytoplankton actually bioluminescent meaning they emite light at night time so people sitting on the beach at night can watch as glowing red waves crash on the shore.
I've heard about this but I've never seen it before. I couple of my friends called me today and we're planning on having a little bonfire at the beach tonight so we can watch the show.
Have any of you seen this before?
The really cool thing is that at night these phytoplankton actually bioluminescent meaning they emite light at night time so people sitting on the beach at night can watch as glowing red waves crash on the shore.
I've heard about this but I've never seen it before. I couple of my friends called me today and we're planning on having a little bonfire at the beach tonight so we can watch the show.
Have any of you seen this before?
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