Searching the habitat for bioluminescent animals.

Picture of the bioluminescence of the deep-sea zoanthid Gerardia, along with the bioluminescence of an unknown planktonic animal (as shot from the submersible). Notice how the planktonic light is bluer. Image courtesy of Bioluminescence 2009 Expedition, NOAA/OER

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