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9/7/23

BLUE BIOLUMINESCENCE - INCOMING WAVES AT NIGHT NOW - LONG BEACH - SUNSET BEACH

PRESS TELEGRAM - WAVES GLOWING BLUE WITH BIOLUMINESCENCE  waves from San Diego to Oxnard - great photos!

Excerpt:

The bioluminescent waves are caused by a dinoflagellate algae that that turns the ocean red during the day, but glows when agitated at night. Though the presence of a red tide can give a clue to when the glowing algae may show up at night, but they are highly uynpredictable and touch to find as wind, currents, and 

6/10/20

THE PILGRIM TALL SHIP SUNK IN DANA POINT HARBOR


OC REGISTER : OCEAN INSTITUTES TALL SHIP PILGRIM SINKS IN DANA POINT HARBOR, by Erica Ritchie  (includes a slide show of this historical ship replica)

EXCERPT: - the beloved vessel, which served as an inspiring real-world classroom to hundreds of thousands of students and visitors, heeled overnight in the slip at the ocean Institute's dock.