A deep-sea coral was collected at ~700m in the north-west Hawaiin islands. Back in lab, the lights were turned off and the scientists were excited to see how brightly the coral bioluminesced. Coral samples were collected by Hawaii Undersea Research Laboratory (HURL) and the Pisces V submersible
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And sea fans would be bioluminescent why....?
Isn't that where the government did secret nuclear testing....?
The flashing light.. it looks like morse code for... "take me to your leader".
Hmmm...colonized by bioluminescent bacteria?