Glowing sea shrimp glows on the coast of Japan

A group of photographers recorded the stunning scenery made up of thousands of blue-glowing marine shrimp on the Japanese coast.

Photographer Trevor Williams and Jonathan Galione took photos of the fluorescent shrimp in a series called "Le Da " in August, according to Mother Nature Network.They took pictures in Okayama, Japan, where there was an abundance of fluorescent shrimp.

"Luminescent shrimp live in sand in shallow water so you can often catch them drifting ashore. But in order to have large numbers like in the picture, you have to catch them," the two photographers said.They use glass jars to catch shrimp, then dump them on the rocks to glow them while swimming to the sea.

The scientific name of this bizarre fluorescent shrimp is Vargula Hilgendorfii, but locals used to call them "umihotaru" , meaning sea fireflies in Japanese.

At night, luminescent shrimp often illuminate the Seto Sea area, the water area between Japan's Honshu, Shikoku and Kyushu islands.

This crustacean tiny shrimps are only three millimeters long with smooth and transparent circular armor, and a beak-like protruding front.

Shrimp glows by feeding around the coast every time the tide rises or withdraws.Their food sources are dead fish and insects.

They glow blue in about 20-30 minutes in response to physical stimulation and can repeat bioluminescence when exposed to seawater.

According to a study published on the US Biotechnology Information Center website, this marine species luminescence thanks to the reaction between the luciferase enzyme, luciferin protein and oxygen molecules.