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  • Mystery Ocean Glow Confirmed in Satellite Photos

    10/04/2005 4:13:25 PM PDT · by anymouse · 81 replies · 5,088+ views
    LiveScience.com ^ | 10/4/05 | Robert Roy Britt
    Mariners have long told of rare nighttime events in which the ocean glows intensely as far as the eye can see in all directions. Fictionally, such a "milky sea" is encountered by the Nautilus in Jules Verne classic "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea." Scientists don't have a good handle what's going on. But satellite sensors have now provided the first pictures of a milky sea and given new hope to learning more about the elusive events. The newly released images show a vast region of the Indian Ocean, about the size of Connecticut, glowing three nights in a row. The...