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A REMARKABLE illumination was observed about eight years ago on a certain part of Loch Bulig (which lies in the north-western boundary of Aberdeenshire). As it appears to be the only known occurrence of phosphorescence on a Scottish loch, your readers may be interested in it. It appeared in the form of innumerable brilliant lights, shooting rapidly on the surface of the water, but many leaping one or two feet above it. It lasted for about a minute, and was repeated twice at intervals of about ten minutes. The effect was very striking, the brilliance being almost dazzling. It seemed that it could not be accounted for in any other way than by phosphorescent animalculæ, disturbed probably by a shoal of fish which are known to inhabit the loch.
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JAMIESON, T. Phosphorescence on a Scottish Loch. Nature 79, 309 (1909). https://doi.org/10.1038/079309b0
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