Dinoflagellates are single-celled organisms that flash on contact and shine their brightest at night after a bright sunny day. A tablespoon of water from Mosquito Bay in Puerto Rico can contain as many as 2,000 cells of the dinoflagellate Pyrodinium bahamense, or “whirling fire creature of the Bahamas.”
See live dinoflagellates in the upcoming exhibition Creatures of Light.
Photo by Denis
(Source: amnhnyc)
25 / 03
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