phosphorescence
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Unfortunately, the phosphorescence also gives the sails the slightest green tinge in daylight.
From Washington Post
Afterward, the spectacle of “beautiful phosphorescence” signals “radioactive ionization of air.”
From Los Angeles Times
I’m staring down, where dolphins are magically lit by phosphorescence.
From The Guardian
“We all took off our clothes and swam with the phosphorescence under the moonlight.”
In contrast to fluorescence and phosphorescence, bioluminescenct reactions do not require the initial absorption of sunlight or other electromagnetic radiation by a molecule or pigment to emit light.
From The Guardian
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