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Glowing eerily in the dawn mist, a beach in Wales is bathed in a luminous blue. Like evidence of an alien lifeform, the unearthly light seems to emanate from just below the surface.
But the ethereal glow at Penmon Point on Anglesey is actually caused by something very much of this world – a chemical reaction called bioluminescence, which occurs when tiny organisms in the water are disturbed as the waves break on the shore.
Photographer Richard Smith, 33, from Cheadle Hulme in Cheshire captured the incredible scene. He said: 'When I pulled up in the car park the lights were flashing along the whole stretch of beach and my initial thoughts were "there a lot of people fishing here tonight".
'I just assumed the lights were being produced by headlamps. It was extremely hard to capture as although the lights were very bright, they were very sporadic and not happen at regular times.
'I was really fortunate as I had just gone down to photograph the lighthouse and the Milky Way if I was lucky.'
Bioluminescence is similar to the effect created by fireflies which glow to attract prey.
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