An Ocean of Stars: Glowing Plankton Lights up a Maldives Beach

Taiwanese photographer Will Ho came across this stretch of beach in the Maldives Islands that was covered in millions of bioluminescent phytoplankton. When agitated (by crashing waves, for example), these minuscule organisms glow like fireflies.

Related: The Glowing Waves of California.

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