Bioluminescence on Camera | National Geographic

here’s where we were last night right so

here’s where we were last night right so yeah we want to go up that way a little

yeah we want to go up that way a little

yeah we want to go up that way a little bit

do we know anything about where we are

do we know anything about where we are oh boy just Elliot can you quickly tilt

oh boy just Elliot can you quickly tilt

oh boy just Elliot can you quickly tilt up a little bit okay not good that’s

up a little bit okay not good that’s

up a little bit okay not good that’s nice yeah that’s good that’s good yeah

nice yeah that’s good that’s good yeah

nice yeah that’s good that’s good yeah that’s excellent some more of that

that’s excellent some more of that

that’s excellent some more of that please the starlight cameras reveal one

please the starlight cameras reveal one

please the starlight cameras reveal one of the little-known wonders of the world

of the little-known wonders of the world

of the little-known wonders of the world and a key to finding the giant squid

bioluminescence it’s normally too dim to

bioluminescence it’s normally too dim to see but on a starry night like this it’s

see but on a starry night like this it’s

see but on a starry night like this it’s perfect most people have no idea that in

perfect most people have no idea that in

perfect most people have no idea that in fact most of the creatures down there

fact most of the creatures down there

fact most of the creatures down there tonight have the ability to make life

that is really butter the extraordinary

that is really butter the extraordinary mesmerizing look at that look at yeah

mesmerizing look at that look at yeah

mesmerizing look at that look at yeah yeah the images are really quite special

yeah the images are really quite special

yeah the images are really quite special like nothing that we’ve ever done or I

like nothing that we’ve ever done or I

like nothing that we’ve ever done or I think indeed that nothing anyone’s ever

think indeed that nothing anyone’s ever

think indeed that nothing anyone’s ever seen before the Starlight cameras show

seen before the Starlight cameras show

seen before the Starlight cameras show something even stranger

something even stranger

something even stranger seawater closed when stirred it’s

seawater closed when stirred it’s

seawater closed when stirred it’s actually minut plankton illuminating

actually minut plankton illuminating

actually minut plankton illuminating when agitated and this light is

when agitated and this light is

when agitated and this light is especially clear when large creatures

especially clear when large creatures

especially clear when large creatures swim through the water human giant squid

swim through the water human giant squid

swim through the water human giant squid or even its miniature relative the

or even its miniature relative the

or even its miniature relative the cuttlefish like the squid it moves

cuttlefish like the squid it moves

cuttlefish like the squid it moves quickly using jet propulsion squirting

quickly using jet propulsion squirting

quickly using jet propulsion squirting water through a tube under its head in

water through a tube under its head in

water through a tube under its head in the dark

the dark

the dark this jet produces a sparkling trail that

this jet produces a sparkling trail that

this jet produces a sparkling trail that immediately reveals its position

the team hopes to find the giant squid

the team hopes to find the giant squid with its bioluminescent trail like the

with its bioluminescent trail like the

with its bioluminescent trail like the Starlight cameras the giant squids eye

Starlight cameras the giant squids eye

Starlight cameras the giant squids eye is enormous ly sensitive giant squids

is enormous ly sensitive giant squids

is enormous ly sensitive giant squids have the largest eyes of any animal in

have the largest eyes of any animal in

have the largest eyes of any animal in the animal kingdom I like to say that it

the animal kingdom I like to say that it

the animal kingdom I like to say that it is the size of a human head

is the size of a human head

is the size of a human head so look at each other and and just

so look at each other and and just

so look at each other and and just imagine nothing but an eyeball sitting

imagine nothing but an eyeball sitting

imagine nothing but an eyeball sitting on the shoulders and that gives a pretty

on the shoulders and that gives a pretty

on the shoulders and that gives a pretty good idea of the maximum size of a giant

good idea of the maximum size of a giant

good idea of the maximum size of a giant squid eyeball

the team believe they know what this is

the team believe they know what this is for detecting the same Living Light the

for detecting the same Living Light the

for detecting the same Living Light the Starlight camera see but will the system

Starlight camera see but will the system

Starlight camera see but will the system work in the crushing deep of the giant

work in the crushing deep of the giant

work in the crushing deep of the giant squids realm