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A red tide near a Del Mar mooring was spotted quickly moving landward earlier this week. 👀  🔺 What exactly does this mean? The ruddy-looking waters are a result of the phytoplankton 𝘓𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘶𝘭𝘰𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘶𝘮 𝘱𝘰𝘭𝘺𝘦𝘥𝘳𝘢 forming dense blooms, and when this is happening, you can see pigments that give off a reddish color. Researchers at Scripps Oceanography and Southern California Coastal Ocean Observing System said this also means that there's a chance for bioluminescence in the evening! 🌊  📸: Quinn Montgomery @sccoos_org