PhotographerPhil Harthappened to be there to document the amazing display.

N. scintillans uses its bioluminescence as a defense mechanism, lighting up when it senses a predator coming near.

The ghostly glow attracts even larger predators to eat the first predator, keeping the N. scintillans.

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