A volcanic beach off Toyama Bay glows electric blue. The light comes from female firefly squid, which spawn in spring, then die and wash ashore, their tentacles lit like millions of aquamarine LEDs.
Photo by Brian Skerry
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Posted on Wednesday January 12th
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it’s beautiful.
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fuckyeah-wildlife:A
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Hauntingly beautiful.
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I live in Toyama! Pretty cool seeing this on Tumblr. :D In the springtime, you can get hotaru-ika (firefly squid) at all...
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Damn cephalopods, you fancy~
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A volcanic beach off Toyama Bay glows electric blue. The light comes from female firefly squid, which spawn in spring,...
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