Pakistan is not just terrorism and poverty – it has one of the world’s most beautiful coastlines and northern areas.
We recently came across these pictures of a beach near Mubarik village that has sparkly blue glowy water – yeah that’s exactly how it sounds – but it is REAL! We’ve all heard of glowy magical waters in Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Japan, Indonesia or Australia.
Girl with a Green Passport – a travel blog by a Pakistani girl just introduced us to our very own bioluminescent beach:
This beach of Bhit Khori literally glows in the dark:
How mesmerizing is this bioluminescent beach?
She writes: ‘Soon we figured that if you make a movement in water, like a splash or throw a pebble, it glows then as well.’ Bhit Khori is not the first of it’s kind. People have seen similar waters at Gaddani and Sumiani and Sapat beach.
We can’t get enough of these pictures:
Check out Gaddani’s glowy waters:
Even from far away, the glittering twinkling water seems like magic:
Girl with Green Passport explains: ‘Bioluminescence in the ocean happens because of a microscopic organism or algae floating in the water, called Plankton. I’m not sure if the word Plankton is the name of a category of organisms or a proper name given to a certain species of algae. This organism is usually found drifting in warm tropical waters. Now when there is movement in the ocean cause by waves, or throwing a pebble or a splash made by feet or a boat, it causes a chemical reaction in planktons and something called ‘luciferen” is released, which basically creates blue light (in short).’
