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Subject ^ MYSTERIOUS "NEW PHENOMENON" ^ Oil researchers "have spotted FLUORESCENT clouds in the deep Gulf, likely a byproduct of BENZENE"

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Sounds like bioluminescence to me.

http://www.lifesci.ucsb.edu/~biolum/

Bioluminescence is simply light produced by a chemical reaction which originates in an organism.

It can be expected anytime and in any region or depth in the sea. Its most common occurrence to the sailor is in the often brilliantly luminescent bow wave or wake of a surface ship. In these instances the causal organisms are almost always dinoflagellates, single-cell algae, often numbering many hundreds per liter.

They are mechanically excited to produce light by the ship's passage or even by the movement of porpoises and smaller fish.

Bioluminescence is a primarily marine phenomenon. It is the predominant source of light in the largest fraction of the habitable volume of the earth, the deep ocean . In contrast, bioluminescence is essentially absent (with a few exceptions) in fresh water, even in Lake Baikal. On land it is most commonly seen as glowing fungus on wood (called foxfire), or in the few families of luminous insects.

Bioluminescence has evolved many times in many taxonomically distinct species in the sea as evidenced by the several distinct chemical mechanisms In these organisms in serves many functions, some of which have not yet been explored.

Bioluminescent bacteria occur nearly everywhere, and probably most spectacularly as the rare "milky sea" phenomenon, particularly in the Indian Ocean where mariners report steaming for hours through a sea glowing with a soft white light as far as the eye can see.
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How fast will the Gulf bounce back from the BP oil spill?, Christian Science Monitor, July 13, 2010:

[T]he unprecedented use of kerosene dispersants and the deep-water nature of the BP oil spill is littered with unknowns.

In localized places such as marshes and beaches, they could stretch the ability of the Gulf’s natural restorative powers to correct what one Gulf biologist calls man’s “insult” to the ecosystem.

Researchers, for example, have spotted fluorescent clouds in the deep Gulf, likely a byproduct of benzene in the water – a new phenomenon.

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