A mysterious red glow captured by a pilot flying over the Pacific Ocean has sent internet sleuths into a spin.
The phenomenon was later revealed to be arrays of red LED lights being used by fishing trawlers to attract a specific type of fish.
People naturally weighed in with what they thought the strange sighting might be, with one suggesting: “It’s so hot the ocean is getting wildfires now.”
While others said: “Maybe fishing vessels have never clustered so much to concentrate so much light? Three possible scenarios.
1. Fish populations down to small concentrations.
2. Chinese fishing boats have fished out the Pacific and are now factory fishing in Atlantic.
3. Atlantic based fishing boats have adopted China’s factory fishing strategy. None of these are good outcomes.