Thursday, December 16, 2010

Vieques, Puerto Rico

Island Adventures - Vieques, Puerto Rico - Bioluminescent bay tours7 more kayak photos
Vieques is about ten miles from Perto Rico mainland and  is home to one of natures most fascinating creatures, single-celled bioluminescent dinoflagellates or Plankton that light up. There is about 720,000 of these creature in one single gallon of water.These plankton emit their light when agitated as a defense mechanism. between 1941 and 2003 the United states used Vieques as a military training ground. It wasn't until they left that Vieques became a hot tourist attraction.

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