Nature is amazingly beautiful. You never know when you are in for a surprise.
Like this surreal footage of dolphins swimming in bioluminescent waters captured by photographer Patrick Coyne in Newport Beach, California.
“Last night was truly one of the most magical nights of my life. Capt. Ryan of Newport Coastal Adventure invited me along to capture rare video of Dolphins swimming in bioluminescence. – by Patrick Coyne pic.twitter.com/Zjyul6qZCY
— Todays California (@TodaysCali) April 24, 2020
Bioluminescence is light emitted by living organisms through chemical reactions in their bodies. The phenomenon is generally observed in marine organism.

Elaborating about his adventure, Patrick wrote:
Last night was truly one of the most magical nights of my life. Capt. Ryan of Newport Coastal Adventure invited me along to capture rare video of Dolphins swimming in bioluminescence.
He explained the entire incident in an Instagram post.
The footage has gone viral on the internet and people are finding it hard to believe.
Wow. That would be breathtaking.
— k.d. lang (@kdlang) April 24, 2020
So beautiful! Nature is amazing.
— Susan Padget (@s_padget) April 24, 2020
Granted, my emotions are a little raw right now, but this (literally) took my breath away for a moment and made my eyes well up. <3
— Marian (@🏠) (@MarzapRussell) April 24, 2020
This looks like something out of Disney’s FANTASIA — utterly gorgeous.
— Brett Nicholson (@aggiebrett) April 24, 2020
Thx for posting
That is so cool. It would of been magical to be there in person.
— Beth – 🎠🎠🎠 (@chachibird69) April 24, 2020
What a treat nature is giving us!