It’s very hard as a video and photo blogger to not be able to film or capture something on camera. That is what happened on my Bioluminescence Stand-Up Paddle Tour with Stand Up Paddle Tobago. It was simply to dark for any of my camera equipment to pick up. (You need serious night time $$$ cameras and lenses for that.) How can I tell you about one of the most incredible experiences of my life without visual proof? I guess just the written word will have to do. Bioluminescence is the production and emission of light by a living organism. On our tour it was by minuet marine plankton called Dinoflagellates. So at night when you stir the water, they illuminate while agitated and give off a blue-green light. Just imagine Avatar and glowing lakes, it’s seriously a magic experience. You jump into the tucked away corners of a coastal lagoon and every movement you make leaves a glowing trail of blue-green sparks and hues. If magic truly does exist in this world like it does in the movies, this is it. You feel like a water fire dancer, but without fire. Your paddle and your wake also leaves a glow as you move along. With just enough moonlight your eyes adjust and you’re able to paddle along the ocean shore and around the calm lagoon in the black of night. Look up and you’ll spot thousands of stars shining down on you as well. Words truly cannot describe this experience, it is simply something you HAVE to try when you’re in Tobago. Just make sure you plan according, since the Dinoflagellates are most brilliant the week before and following a new moon. standuppaddletobago/bioluminescence-tour.html
Posted on: Fri, 25 Jul 2014 23:29:53 +0000
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