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For over 400 years, sailors have encountered a fascinating phenomenon where vast stretches of the ocean glow with an otherworldly light. Known as “milky seas,” these events, often visible ...

(CNN) — For over 400 years, sailors have reported a mysterious phenomenon in which the ocean appears to glow as far as the eye can see. “The sea from horizon to horizon in all directions took ...