“Glow in the Dark” Reefs Revealed | On Assignment

in the warm waters of the Pacific are
stunning biofluorescent god I’m Lucy
McNeil and this is National Geographic
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we’re off to the Solomon Islands when
national Geographics david gruber and
john sparks use custom cameras and
lights to capture amazing footage around
the coral reefs special proteins in the
fish and coral allow them to absorb
light and re-emit it as other colors a
process called biofluorescence these
glowing proteins can help medical
doctors in disease research by
illuminating certain cells in the body
David’s team hopes to find a very
specific infrared protein if successful
scientists may be able to track the
inner workings of our brains that’s
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