Saturday, August 19, 2017

Bioluminescence Kayaking!

For Maddy's last weekend at home she chose for us to go kayaking at night at Merritt Island to see the naturally-occurring bioluminescence that appears at this time of the year:)



The particular conditions that create this phenomenon are rare - in fact there are only 7 locations in the world where it happens. We couldn't get photos but here's how it looks when you first go out...


At the beginning we thought the blue lights were waves but actually they were fish! Once you get out on the water, the schools of fish cause trails of light in the water all round you and the mullet actually jump out of the water. Everyone was laughing as the fish were hitting people and landing in the kayaks. It was amazing and really funny! The whole experience was about 90 minutes and it went in a flash - it was so much fun and a lovely way to finish out Maddy's last Summer at home:)

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