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Shining sea and sky

Photo by Mohammad Rouhbakhsh.

Mohammad Rouhbakhsh of Tehran, Iran captured this image on December 1, 2017. It shows a beautiful combination of star trails – created by Earth’s spin during long-exposure photographs – and bioluminescent phytoplankton.

Read more: Glow-in-the-dark plankton

Read more: How to take great photos of star trails

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Posted 
December 11, 2017
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