Now only the stars have been netted in the casuarinas and the surf snarls with eerie phosphorescence as if glowing with spectral fires. |
We are cautioned against confusing bioluminescence with fluorescence and phosphorescence. |
The terms fluorescence and phosphorescence refer to specific characteristics of luminescent transitions. |
A large cavern, lit only by the faintest glimmer of phosphorescence was exposed, a vast lake in the centre. |
At night, the phosphorescence looks as if all the constellations in the inky sky have fallen into the deep. |
There are many familiar examples of fluorescence and phosphorescence in our daily lives. |