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Eerie phenomenon that turned waters (and midnight swimmers) luminous blue
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[quote:Kaige:MV8xMzM5NjQyXzIyMDMzNjAzX0I4ODMwMDdB] "Phil Hart put his camera on a very slow shutter speed and threw sand and stones into the water to cause the reaction and capture as much of the blue haze as possible, as well as an unexpected heavenly reaction" [/quote]
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The lake that glows in the dark: Eerie phenomenon that turned waters (and midnight swimmers) luminous blue
By Daily Mail Reporter
Last updated at 6:33 PM on 26th January 2011
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Swimming is supposed to give you a healthy glow, but these swimmers weren't quite sure what was going on when they took a late-night dip and turned a fluorescent shade of blue.
'It was like we were playing with radioactive paint,' said photographer Phil Hart who snapped the bizarre sight as his friends emerged from a lake in the dark of night.
The light is created by a chemical reaction called bioluminescence, which happens when a naturally-occuring micro-organism in the water is disturbed.
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