While this particular luminous event hasn’t been named, other unique variations on storms include blue jets ... above an active thunderstorm. The glow can appear in a variety of colors but ...

"As the waves rolled in, they shimmered with otherworldly glow, igniting the night with flashes of neon blue," she told Chron. "Each ripple and splash seemed ... breathing in a luminous rhythm ...

coli glow under fluorescent light ... coli colonies growing in the solution. The bugs lit up like blue fireflies. "They became very colorful and easy to see under a microscope," said Liu.

When oxygen reacts with the liciferin and liciferase within the organisms, it creates the luminous ripples. The same happens when people disrupt calm waters, creating an ethereal blue glow.

If any further proof was needed of the vast unexplored wonders of the deep sea, this would fit the bill: researchers in New Zealand have discovered three new shark species that glow in the dark.