An Oil Spill Or A Sea Plague? It’s A Massive School of Anchovies!

This dark blue splodge may look like an oil spill or an underwater plague but it’s actually not. When scientists at California’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography made a closer inspection on July 8, they’ve discovered anchovies, a family of common salt-water forage fish, swarming in the shallow waters off the La Jolla coast in San Diego, California.

Here’s a closer look of what’s hidden beneath the sea.

The mystic appearance of the massive school of anchovies has baffled Scripps scientists who haven’t seen such a phenomenon happening in the area for more than 30 years.

Take a look at the beguiling movement of the anchovies to avoid the fearless swimmers.

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Image credits: Scripps Institution of Oceanography