It seems all over Wales people have been encountering beaches glowing with a mysterious other-worldly neon hue.
This strange phenomenon, captured in June by photographer Kris Williams (@jixxerkris) in the viral footage above, is reportedly caused by bio-luminescent plankton, which have been lighting up the coastline like nuclear waste when agitated — a mechanism used to ward off predators.
After being featured in Twitter's 'Moments' feed, Williams' breathtaking footage has been picked up by major news outlets all over the world, with many equally baffle and delighted that the phenomenon even existed in that part of the world.
In the night time clip, a dark figure can be seen trumping through pitch-black water along the coast of Anglesey in Northern Wales, with the beach remarkably lighting up like lightning bolts with each footstep.
Ripples of neon blue appear as the figure stomps through the inky waters. The most dramatic effect happens when the mystery figure throws debris into the ocean from the beach, causing an explosion of electric blue.
"Oh wow!!! I didn't know you could see this sort of thing in the UK. #Magical" writes one Twitter user.
Amazingly, while this phenomenon is rare, it's by no means the first time the glowing plankton has appeared in this part of the world.
"I saw this down the Gower a few years ago, it's amazing," one twitter user said, referring to the Gower Peninsula, a coastal region in South Wales.
The photographer has also had the great fortune of capturing the bio-luminescent waves and an aurora at the same time, as seen in this remarkable image dated at 2015, shared on the photographer's public Facebook page. It certainly has our wanderlust cylinders firing for a trip to the British Isles.
For more of Kris Williams' amazing photography and video, visit his official Facebook page and YouTube channel.
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