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Fri Jul 25, 2003 5:06 pm
I sure hope he wasn't looking to start a scrap.
Anyway, wierdest thing: I was in Gulf Shores, AL when the "phosphorescent tide" occurred. It's a natural phenomenon that only happpens like once every 100 years (?). Look it up - it's interesting.
It's caused by a proliferation, or "bloom" of this certain algae in the water that emits light (like a lightning bug). Anyway, at night, wherever the water splashes or breaks or is "disturbed", it glows BRIGHT green (like one of those glow sticks). If you scoop up some of the water in a jar and take it inside, and shake it in a dark room, it lights up the room. At night, you could pick up a handful of wet sand and throw it, and where it landed would flash bright green... Soooo cool!
The coolest part - Walking down the beach that night, our footprints glowed in the wet sand.
It was really amazing and one of the wierdest/coolest things I've seen.