Phosphorescence

What an amazing spectacle of nature! To get away from the city lights we paddled across Indian Arm to Jug Island at dusk. In the shade of the trees close to shore our paddle strokes set off a silent symphony of sparkles and miniature flashes. We experiment splashing water to make different patterns of light. The bow waves of our boats glow and swirls stay behind where the paddles touched the water. As it gets darker the fish darting away leave trails of shooting stars. On the way back tracks of light deep below show that we just crossed paths with an endless stream of fish making their way up Indian Arm. No pictures for this post because it was simply too dark.