phosphorescence

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Abiotic minerals also emit their own light, called phosphorescence.

From Scientific American • Jul. 27, 2022

I’m staring down, where dolphins are magically lit by phosphorescence.

From The Guardian • Nov. 4, 2018

He quotes the Spanish poet Federico García Lorca, who wrote that “Havana has the yellow of Cadiz, the pink of Seville turning carmine and the green of Granada, with the slight phosphorescence of fish.”

From Washington Post • Mar. 3, 2017

In your death you would not witness a stomach glowing with phosphorescence; your skin would not turn white; you would not find a coconut; you would not be encased and warm, womb-like.

From Salon • Jun. 12, 2012

The line of phosphorescence bulged about the sand grains and little pebbles; it held them each in a dimple of tension, then suddenly accepted them with an inaudible syllable and moved on.

From "Lord of the Flies" by William Golding