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They ARE absolutely magical. I seem to remember a period during which children were paid for turning in the ones they caught. The bugs' luminous effect was being studied.
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Originally posted by Steve Miller: We have them here. Never saw one in CA.
Very cool.
The night before my wedding rehearsal I took an evening walk down to the huge park that we bordered. The forest was absolutely coated with lightning bugs. It was so beautiful I woke MFR up and made her come to see.
I have never seen anything so magical before or since. I cannot find a picture that does it justice.
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A poor substitute, but maybe it will tide you over for now...
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NOTE! For optimal viewing, watch this video at night, with all the lights turned off, full screen with sound turned on.
In this short movie, I tried to capture my feelings and experiences with fireflies in the woods near my house in Fairfield, Iowa. I wanted to document not only their beauty and magical glow, but also behavior in their natural environment.
I have chosen not to do any digital manipulation to the video itself, so the footage came straight from the camera. This is real-time footage of fireflies!
-------------------------------- We are all visitors to this time, this place. We are just passing through. Our purpose here is to observe, to learn, to grow, to love… and then we return home. - Australian Aboriginal proverb
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Posts: 37884 | Location: Somewhere in the middle | Registered: 19 January 2010
