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Bioluminescent waves crashing on the Southern California shoreline in images

Ocean Art...

(Photo by VALERIE MACON/AFP via Getty Images)
(Photo by VALERIE MACON/AFP via Getty Images)

Few of Mother Nature’s phenomena compare to the striking beauty and wonderment of the bioluminescence bouning in the salty waves that crash along the shore. What is it? The glow happens when phytoplankton associated with red tide generate a pulse of blue light as the waves crash.

To experience the glow is something straight out of a dream-like painting, with some of the occurrences on the Southern California shorelines providing the best views…

Bioluminescent waves

(DON EMMERT/AFP via Getty Images)
(DON EMMERT/AFP via Getty Images)

Bioluminescent waves

(Photo by Michael Heiman/Getty Images)
(Photo by Michael Heiman/Getty Images)

Bioluminescent waves

(Photo by Michael Heiman/Getty Images)
(Photo by Michael Heiman/Getty Images)

Bioluminescent waves

(Photo by Michael Heiman/Getty Images)
(Photo by Michael Heiman/Getty Images)

Bioluminescent waves

(VALERIE MACON/AFP via Getty Images)
(VALERIE MACON/AFP via Getty Images)

Bioluminescent waves

(VALERIE MACON/AFP via Getty Images)
(VALERIE MACON/AFP via Getty Images)

Bioluminescent waves

(VALERIE MACON/AFP via Getty Images)
(VALERIE MACON/AFP via Getty Images)

Bioluminescent waves

(VALERIE MACON/AFP via Getty Images)
(VALERIE MACON/AFP via Getty Images)

Bioluminescent waves

(VALERIE MACON/AFP via Getty Images)
(VALERIE MACON/AFP via Getty Images)

Bioluminescent waves

(VALERIE MACON/AFP via Getty Images)
(VALERIE MACON/AFP via Getty Images)

Bioluminescent waves

(VALERIE MACON/AFP via Getty Images)
(VALERIE MACON/AFP via Getty Images)

Bioluminescent waves

(VALERIE MACON/AFP via Getty Images)
(VALERIE MACON/AFP via Getty Images)

Bioluminescent waves

(VALERIE MACON/AFP via Getty Images)
(VALERIE MACON/AFP via Getty Images)

Bioluminescent waves

(VALERIE MACON/AFP via Getty Images)
(VALERIE MACON/AFP via Getty Images)

Story originally appeared on List Wire