• Brown Pelican taking off.

    Cape Hatteras

    National Seashore North Carolina

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Did You Know?

Seasparkle, a tiny dinoflagellate that can be seen glowing in the surfline at night.

The beaches along Cape Hatteras National Seashore sparkle at night.

When you kick the sand, you disturb tiny dinoflagellates like seasparkle, magnified in the picture to the left.  A chemical reaction causes them to glow with a blue-green light.