Bioluminescence
Light in the darkness — the living glow of the deep, from firefly squid and lanternfish to the bomber worms and glowing corals that turn the midnight zone into a light show.
Part of Deep-Sea Exploration
18 moments in this segment.
- — Operation Deep Scope 2005: Eye-in-the-Sea Bioluminescence. NOAA Ocean Exploration
- — Deep Sea Creatures Exhibit Bioluminescence | Blue Planet | BBC Earth. BBC Earth
- — Islands in the Stream 2002: Bioluminescing Deep Sea Coral. NOAA Ocean Exploration
- — Bioluminescence 2009: Six-gill Shark Mystery. NOAA Ocean Exploration
- — Bioluminescence 2009: "How To Capture A Sea Cucumber". NOAA Ocean Exploration
- — Firefly squid (Watasenia). The firefly squid of Japan’s Toyama Bay, whose blue bioluminescence lights the water each spring.
- — A bioluminescent bloom. Noctiluca and other bioluminescent plankton set the sea aglow — the same living light that fills the deep.
- — Strange Bioluminescing Deep Sea Animals | Blue Planet | BBC Earth. BBC Earth
- — The Beauty Of Deep-sea Creatures | Blue Planet | BBC Earth. BBC Earth
- — The Dinner That Glows In the Dark. Great Big Story
- — Pyrosomes are free-floating, bioluminescent colonial tunicates. MBARI (Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute)
- — Weird and Wonderful: Green bomber worms drop bioluminescent "bombs". MBARI (Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute)
- — Bioluminescence in the deep sea: Glow-in-the-dark corals light up the deep ocean. MBARI (Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute)
- — Japan's mysterious glowing squid. Brut America
- — Bioluminescence in the deep sea: How and why do animals create their own light?. MBARI (Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute)
- — Firefly Squid: A Light in the Deep | Forces of Nature | BBC Earth Science. BBC Earth Science
- — Light in the Dark. Schmidt Ocean Institute
- — Elasmobranches of Palau: Lanternshark and Deepwater Stingray | Nautilus Live. EVNautilus
