What Causes Swaths of the Ocean to Glow a Magnificent Milky Green? | Science
Written by Black Hot Fire Network on June 28, 2022
Glowing green waters surrounded a boat in the Arabian Sea.
Illustration by Mercedes Minck
The sky was moonless and overcast, leaving no stars to steer by. Alone at the helm in the middle of the Arabian Sea, somewhere between Oman and India, I could see nothing in the ink-black night save for our ship’s dimly lit compass rolling on its gimbal mount as we heaved and swayed through three-meter seas. But half an hour into my shift, the sails above me began to glow, as if the moon had risen. But there was no moon, nor . . .
