... us what it would look like if it was raining by getting a bucket of water and throwing it all out onto the surface of the water around us. Each splash of water had the same neon-green glow to it. This glow is bioluminescence in action. The waters, aptly named "the Luminous Lagoon", are only one of three places in the world where bioluminescence occurs, and scientists say that Falmouth is the best example of it. Jerry explained how the lagoon is a mix of fresh water, from the river, and salt water, from the sea, and because of this micro-organisms, which are the source of bioluminescence, can live and reproduce there. The Biology The most common micro organism in the water of the Luminous Lagoon is Pyrodinium bahamense. These micro-organisms are dinoflagellates, which are eukaryotic algae. They have a different nucleus to the nuclei in humans, called a dinokaryon. The chromosomes, instead ...

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