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Linking in that Dutch designer Daan Roosegaarde was looking at this back in 2014: https://www.dezeen.com/2014/03/24/movie-sxsw-daan-roosegarde-glow-in-dark-tree

• eggy 9y ago
  Interesting link. Avatar the movie (2009) had glowing vegetation on Pandora, and I am sure I could find earlier references. IIRC the algae glows in the movie The Red Planet (2000) too. Bioluminescence is very neat, however, I worry about runaway light pollution no matter the source. I used to like to look at the stars from my rooftop in Brooklyn back in the 70s with my small refractor telescope. Now the amount of light masks the sky. My old eyes are blinded when driving at night by the pure white, intense headlights on the newer cars even if I look aside to avoid them.
  • dekhn 9y ago
    If you want, you can already see bioluminescence walking outside at night on a trail. Many things light up, if you allow dark adaptation and look away, you will easily see that the entire trail is "glowing".