Edith Widder has been exploring the deep sea for thirty years. When she descended for the first time, she turned off the lights of her submersible hoping to see marine organisms that make light--bioluminescent animals. Widder says she wasn't prepared for the light show she encountered and has been building tools to document bioluminescence ever since.

Concepts

bioluminescence

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bioluminescent animals, deep sea organisms, on a quest to see the light, science friday

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