My family and I booked a trip to Vieques, Puerto Rico for Christmas and New Years. Aside from the long standing US Military bomb testing that went on here for decades - Vieques is also known for it's natural wonders - most famously being the Bioluminscent Mosquito Bay. This photograph shows the phenomenon from the boat spray on a night tour. Tiny, single celled dinoflagellates are responsible for the luminscence. There are more dinoflagellates per gallon in Mosquito Bay than anywhere else on the planet. There's 24 days until my trip - and I'm pretty sure that once I return, I will have much more to say about this small island that sits between the mainland of Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands.
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