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Mysterious Natural Events Caught on Film in Oregon
(Oregon Coast) – In two separate areas of Oregon’s coast, two rare natural events were captured photographically. In Seaside, a 23-year-old woman managed to snap a picture of the extremely difficult “glowing sands” that has been wowing tourists to the Oregon coast this summer. In Newport, a restaurant owner snapped a shot of the rarely photographed “green flash” – and not just any green flash, but an exceptionally infrequent version of it. Tiffany Boothe, with the Seaside Aquarium, was able to get a picture – however faint and vague – of two microscopic bioluminescent creatures “flashing.” These are a form of phytoplankton which glow when disturbed. To the naked eye, they appear much more intensely, as thousands are activated in the sand, creating a bundle of sparks when seen on a nocturnal beach.
On the central Oregon coast, Bob Trusty, owner of Newport’s Village Market & Deli, caught a photo of the much-coveted “green flash” in July. The green flash, though fairly rare, is hardly ever photographed as you have to be at the right place at the right time. More often than not, it appears as a greenish blob at the top of the sun just before it dips below the horizon.
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