phosphorescence
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In general, phosphorescence signals are much longer-lasting than their fluorescent counterparts, allowing the Biofinder to distinguish between them.
From Scientific American • Jul. 27, 2022
Visitors come for its “blue tears,” a phosphorescence in the waters caused by algae.
From Washington Post • Oct. 15, 2021
I’m staring down, where dolphins are magically lit by phosphorescence.
From The Guardian • Nov. 4, 2018
The food eaten, the sun reduced to a smudge of phosphorescence on the horizon, the residents of the halfway home stood to leave, prompted by their minder.
From New York Times • May 29, 2013
She saw, underwater, sudden darting flecks of phosphorescence.
From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell
