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Paddling the world's brightest bioluminescent bay
Read full article: Paddling the world's brightest bioluminescent bayThis dazzling, trippy travel wonder is Mosquito Bay, the brightest bioluminescent bay in the world. But Mosquito Bay itself has more than recovered. Bay bounces backAbe Velasquez runs a tour company on Vieques offering snorkeling and bioluminescent bay kayaking tours. Samples show that in 2017 there were in the range of 100,000 dinoflagellates per liter in Mosquito Bay, a time when the bay was already known as the brightest in the world. Guides say Mosquito Bay is not named after the bloodsucking insect but after a pirate ship called El Mosquito.