From sea angels to marine snow and bioluminescent Christmas lights, the deep sea is home to some surprisingly festive curiosities! Watch to learn more about some of the ocean's Christmas wonders.

In the dark of the deep sea, bioluminescent creatures shine like Christmas lights. This phenomenon results from chemical reactions within the organisms. Much marine bioluminescence found down here is expressed in the blue-green part of the visible light spectrum - colours that are most visible in the deep sea.

Merry Christmas, and a happy new year from natural world facts. See you soon.

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Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairies by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...
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https://usa.oceana.org/blog/exploring...

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