Where is australia amazing bioluminescent lake

Learn how your comment data is processed. Search for:. No Ratings Yet. Share this Gippsland Lakes in Australia brought to our attention, a rare, exciting and simply divine phenomenon called bioluminescence: which is actually the emission of light particles by living organisms, is actually a form of chemiluminescence that is produced naturally by a pigment called luciferin. Fireflies have it, angler-fish have it and so does Noctiluca scintillans, which is more commonly known as the Sea Sparkle.

A group of friends caught this beautiful and rare phenomenon taking place right under them. The glow in the dark effect was caused by a high concentration of Sea Sparkle, they gave the lake a bright, ether blue, fluorescent glow and an amazing sight for us to admire.

The glowing effect is caused by a microscopic organism called Noctiluca scintillans that have a natural luminescence. This is the thing. The series of events that lead up to the lake taking on this glowing attraction began with the fierce fires that ravaged Victoria in the summer of In total, the fires lasted 69 days and devastated the lakes catchment area.

Everyone knew the fires would affect the lakes, but no one knew how much, or even how they would be impacted. In the winter of , seven months after the first fires broke out, the region suffered severe flooding. This flooding washed ash, soil, nitrogen and other organisms into the lakes.