The bioluminescent waves crash on the sand shining with a blue glow at Manhattan Beach, California. Bioluminescence is a phenomenon caused by certain kinds of phytoplankton associated with red tide that by night generate a pulse of blue light as the waves crash. / AFP / VALERIE MACON
A surfer rides a wave as bioluminescent plankton lights up the surf around him during the coronavirus outbreak in Newport Beach, California (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
People watch waves glow blue due to bioluminescence at night on Newport Beach, California. Michael Heiman/Getty Images/AFP
The shoreline gloes blue at Dockweiler State Beach in Los Angeles, California. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
Spectators watch bioluminescent plankton light up the shoreline as they churn in the waves at Dockweiler State Beach in Los Angeles, Calif. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
A couple watch as bio-luminescent algae glows in the crashing waves on an empty beach during the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Encinitas, California. REUTERS/Mike Blake
The bioluminescent waves crash on the sand shining with a blue glow at Manhattan Beach, California. Bioluminescence is a phenomenon caused by certain kinds of phytoplankton associated with red tide that by night generate a pulse of blue light as the waves crash. / AFP / VALERIE MACON
A surfer rides a wave as bioluminescent plankton lights up the surf around him during the coronavirus outbreak in Newport Beach, California (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
People watch waves glow blue due to bioluminescence at night on Newport Beach, California. Michael Heiman/Getty Images/AFP
The shoreline gloes blue at Dockweiler State Beach in Los Angeles, California. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
Spectators watch bioluminescent plankton light up the shoreline as they churn in the waves at Dockweiler State Beach in Los Angeles, Calif. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
A couple watch as bio-luminescent algae glows in the crashing waves on an empty beach during the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Encinitas, California. REUTERS/Mike Blake
The bioluminescent waves crash on the sand shining with a blue glow at Manhattan Beach, California. Bioluminescence is a phenomenon caused by certain kinds of phytoplankton associated with red tide that by night generate a pulse of blue light as the waves crash. / AFP / VALERIE MACON
California's waves are glowing bright blue – here's why ...
Surfers in Southern California are coasting the bioluminescent waves after dark
