Bioluminescence is the reason for this beautiful site.

生物发光带来了这个美丽景象。

Bioluminescence, when living organisms produce light, is a form of what?

当生物体发光时，“生物光”是以一种什么样形式？

About 80 species of fungi are bioluminescent, meaning they really do glow in the dark!

大约有80种真菌是生物性发光，那是指它们真会在黑暗中发光！

That's all about bioluminescence and it's narrated by Sir David Attenborough.

讲述都是生物体发光，由大卫·艾登堡爵士配音。

Bioluminescence is the ability of certain organisms to produce light.

生物发光是指某些生物产生光能力。

How many of you have ever heard of bioluminescence?

你们中有多少人听说过生物发光现象？

Most of the light comes instead from bioluminescent organisms, creatures that produce their own light.

大多数光线来自生物发光有机体，即自已产生光生物。

Mushrooms can be used in teas, broths and medicinal remedies. These are bioluminescent.

蘑菇可以在茶、肉汤、草药中。他们都会生物性发光。

One of the most remarkable aspects of some of these animals is their bioluminescence.

水母最显著特征之一是它们生物发光。

If I am startled that you're here, I spew out a whole bunch of bioluminescence so that it lights you up so that something else can see you and go, " Ooh, that looks tasty."

如果我对你在这里感到惊讶，我会喷出一大堆生物发光，这样它就会照亮你，这样其他东西就可以看到你，然后说，“哦，看起来很好吃。”

But the real biological light show takes place in the sea. Here, an astonishing number of beings can make light.

但真正生物发光秀发生在海洋中。在这里，数量惊人生物可以发光。

Although more than 90% of deep-sea creatures are bioluminescent, only one group produces the color red: dragonfishes.

虽然超过 90% 深海生物会发光，但只有其中一种可以发出红色光，即是巨口鱼。

By going down there and studying things like ctenophores, comb jellies, jellyfish, copepods, weird bioluminescence worms, we can learn from them.

通过深入研究像栉水母，栉水母，水母，桡足类动物，奇怪生物发光蠕虫，我们可以从它们身上学到东西。

How the bacteria gather in numbers large enough for their bioluminescence to be seen from space is unknown.

这些细菌是如何聚集到足够大数量，使它们生物发光能在太空中被看到，目前尚不清楚。

For photographer Callie Chee who lives in Australia, finding and photographing bioluminescent mushrooms is a magical experience.

对于住在澳大利亚摄影师凯丽·奇来说，发现并拍摄生物发光蘑菇是一种神奇体验。

Well, check out these waves in Orange County, California, this naturally occurring phenomenon occurs when water is turned up, like these waves causing a chemical reaction in light emitting organisms, like algae blooms.

现在，看看加利福尼亚州奥兰治县这些海浪，这种自然现象发生在水被搅动时，比如这些浪涌，引发了发光生物（如藻类绽放）中化学反应。

Scientists are discovering more and more glowing nature each year, says Linda Reinhold, an Australian scientist, but there's still a lot we don't know.

澳大利亚科学家琳达·赖因霍尔德表示，科学家们每年都在发现越来越多发光生物，但未知还存在很多。

A study it conducted a few years ago concluded that 75 percent of deep sea organisms produce their own light.

几年前一项研究发现，75%深海生物携带发光物质，会发出亮光。

So even if some seals can use bioluminescence as a way to find food, for most the light is a distraction.

因此，即使有些海豹可以利生物发光来寻找食物，但对大多数海豹来说，光会分散它们注意力。

Bioluminescence is produced by an incredible range of organisms.

生物发光是由各种各样生物产生。