This weekend blue our minds! Bioluminescent waves filled with light-producing plankton ignited the surfline through the night all around the Monterey Bay! The light is produced by a type of plant-plankton known as dinoflagellates (the specific species involved in this bloom are being identified.) Bioluminescence is relatively rare on land—fireflies or glow-in-the-dark mushrooms are some common examples—but it’s a staple in the ocean. Our colleagues Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI

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Happy Mola mola Monday! Our colleagues at the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI) spotted this school of sunfish during a dive—and it made us realize there’s no collective noun specifically for molas! We’d like to nominate “a melee of mola.” What do you think? Update! Leaderboard is currently: 🥇 — a guac of mola 🥈 — a mellow of mola 🥉 — a constellation of sunfish Honorable mentions: 🏆 an awkward of mola | Monterey Bay Aquarium