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tooge · 03-22-2010, 03:07 PM

Just got back from Florida with the family for spring break. There was this bioluminescent phenomenon going on most of the week at night. I didn't take this pic, but this is what it looked like. It was unreal. Like glowsticks in the waves. It was on the sand for a few minutes also. I googled it and it is some sort of organism (dinaflagelate) that causes it. It goes on all night. Any of you ever see this?

Ebolapox · 03-22-2010, 03:47 PM

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Originally Posted by ClevelandBronco

You spelled orgasm incorrectly.

he also misspelled phosphorus as well. who's counting?

threebag · 03-22-2010, 03:53 PM

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Originally Posted by ClevelandBronco

Turn around and tell him to put one on.

He might not want him to wear one so he can feltch it out before they snowball.

Stewie · 03-22-2010, 03:54 PM

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Originally Posted by H5N1

he also misspelled phosphorus as well. who's counting?

Don't **** with a guy that does chemical formulations every day. Both spellings are correct.

phos·pho·rous

(fŏs'fər-əs, fŏs-fôr'əs, -fōr'-)

adj. Of, relating to, or containing phosphorus, especially with valence 3 or a valence lower than that of a comparable phosphoric compound.

Ebolapox · 03-22-2010, 04:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Stewie

Don't **** with a guy that does chemical formulations every day. Both spellings are correct.

phos·pho·rous

(fŏs'fər-əs, fŏs-fôr'əs, -fōr'-)

adj. Of, relating to, or containing phosphorus, especially with valence 3 or a valence lower than that of a comparable phosphoric compound.

depends: do they have to emit elemental phosphorus (charge zero), or a hybridized phosphorus that's part of a compund?

Pants · 03-22-2010, 04:07 PM

NERD FIGHT!

J/K, your guys' knowledge is very impressive.

Braincase · 03-22-2010, 05:55 PM

Glow sticks mating on a Sham-WOW

**MahiMike** · 03-22-2010, 05:58 PM

Pretty cool. Haven't seen that myself. Not usually at the beach at dusk though.

Hydrae · 03-22-2010, 06:07 PM

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Originally Posted by H5N1

depends: do they have to emit elemental phosphorus (charge zero), or a hybridized phosphorus that's part of a compund?

WTF is a compund?

Goldmember · 03-22-2010, 06:38 PM

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Originally Posted by ClevelandBronco

Mr. FAX is on the case.

I'm all out of stories today, this is being outsourced to Mr. Fax

**bevischief** · 03-22-2010, 07:49 PM

Drugs in the water...

JD10367 · 03-22-2010, 07:51 PM

I remember this one time - I'm in a Banshee at night in combat conditions, so there's no running lights on the carrier. It was the Shrangri-La, and we were in the Sea of Japan and my radar had jammed, and my homing signal was gone... because somebody in Japan was actually using the same frequency. And so it was - it was leading me away from where I was supposed to be. And I'm lookin' down at a big, black ocean, so I flip on my map light, and then suddenly: zap. Everything shorts out right there in my cockpit. All my instruments are gone. My lights are gone. And I can't even tell now what my altitude is. I know I'm running out of fuel, so I'm thinking about ditching in the ocean. And I, I look down there, and then in the darkness there's this uh, there's this green trail. It's like a long carpet that's just laid out right beneath me. And it was the algae, right? It was that phosphorescent stuff that gets churned up in the wake of a big ship. And it was - it was - it was leading me home. You know? If my cockpit lights hadn't shorted out, there's no way I'd ever been able to see that. So uh, you, uh, never know... what... what events are to transpire to get you home.

listopencil · 03-22-2010, 09:09 PM

Seen it at sea when I was in the Navy.

Ebolapox · 03-22-2010, 09:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Hydrae

WTF is a compund?

it's a compound that's been through a conundrum.

googlegoogle · 03-22-2010, 09:24 PM

http://blog.lib.umn.edu/klabu006/arc...red_tid_1.html

niblet · 03-22-2010, 09:33 PM

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JD10367 Cheaterlover* Join Date: May 2009 Location: RI Casino cash: $10010716	I remember this one time - I'm in a Banshee at night in combat conditions, so there's no running lights on the carrier. It was the Shrangri-La, and we were in the Sea of Japan and my radar had jammed, and my homing signal was gone... because somebody in Japan was actually using the same frequency. And so it was - it was leading me away from where I was supposed to be. And I'm lookin' down at a big, black ocean, so I flip on my map light, and then suddenly: zap. Everything shorts out right there in my cockpit. All my instruments are gone. My lights are gone. And I can't even tell now what my altitude is. I know I'm running out of fuel, so I'm thinking about ditching in the ocean. And I, I look down there, and then in the darkness there's this uh, there's this green trail. It's like a long carpet that's just laid out right beneath me. And it was the algae, right? It was that phosphorescent stuff that gets churned up in the wake of a big ship. And it was - it was - it was leading me home. You know? If my cockpit lights hadn't shorted out, there's no way I'd ever been able to see that. So uh, you, uh, never know... what... what events are to transpire to get you home.
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