Magic, a year on

It's a special moment, when the moon is hidden and the lights of the beach are turned off for the night. The dark blue sky is filled with countless stars not visible from light-polluted Europe. Looking up you can almost imagine yourself floating in space. The calm sea is the same dark blue and forms an almost invisible border with the sky. As you swim off from the shore, flashes of blue light appear in the sea in the place of stars, as if it is sky above and below. The spark-like flashes of plankton are short lived but predictable, with a dozen rushing over each arm as it disturbs the water. It's warm, and still, and you glide through space.