Some of the tiniest beings on the planet gather together to create their own glowing assemblages that are so bright and large that they can be seen from space.
. Ever since 2005, Professor Miller has specialized in using state-of-the-art satellites to study Earth with the ultimate goal of learning how to predict the occurrence of milky sea events, with the hope that research vessels could be sent out to them so scientists can better understand this phenomenon.
But this new technology required on-the-sea confirmations of satellite imagery, so Professor Miller searched the DNB image archives collected between 2012 and 2021 from three locations where milky seas are often reported, according to his previous findings. He used sophisticated techniques to carefully analyze the satellite data to rule out other potential sources of light emission .
“I was browsing the imagery looking for clouds masquerading as milky seas when I stumbled upon an astounding event south of the island of Java”, Professor Miller writes in. “I was looking at an enormous swirl of glowing ocean that spanned over 40,000 square miles — roughly the size of Kentucky”, Professor Miller continued.
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