Photographer captures blue heaven on Gower
THESE amazing images have captured glowing bioluminescent plankton on Gower.
Also known as ‘sea sparkle’ or Noctiluca scintillans, the incredible sight turns the sea a bright blue colour due to warm weather.
Daniel Meredith, from Caerphilly, managed to capture the magical moment at Port Eynon on his camera during the early hours of Sunday morning.
The 37-year-old said: “I took the photo at about 1.50am on the far left side of the beach at Port Eynon. The bioluminescent plankton wasn’t a strong show, they would appear sporadically throughout the waves so it was quite tricky to judge which wave to take an image of.
“I’ve been chasing it for weeks now from Three Cliffs Bay, Port Talbot, Southerndown and at Horton Bay.”
Mr Meredith said he was thrilled to finally get to see the neon blue colour in the water, after spending hours at the beach.
He added: “I was ecstatic that I saw the waves rolling and turning blue and I pressed the shutter on my camera and jumped up.
“I couldn’t believe that image I had on the back of my camera. I was jumping around, giggly with excitement. This was the best photo I have ever taken of the sea sparkles. It was just a surreal moment and it still gives me goosebumps. To be under the stars and the Milky Way with the bioluminescent plankton in the waves is nothing short of magic.”
Last summer the stunning phenomenon was also spotted at Aberavon Beach.
Glowing bright blue when disturbed by things like waves or currents, they often appear in warm coastal waters, like those in the Maldvies and Tasmania.