Fireflies video

Video Courtesy : Unknown. Captured By Tarek Mahmud · Original audio

Babak Tafreshi on Instagram: "Sparkling lights of synchronous fireflies in the Great Smoky Mountains. The video is 2x faster than real-time. The floor of this forest canopy in Tennessee is the mating habitat for their largest colony in the Western Hemisphere. They blink in sync and then pause for 7-8 seconds. The benefit of syncing is not clear but they only sync when there are lots of other lightning bugs nearby in a natural darkness. This was filmed last June for Life at Night project with…

Babak Tafreshi on Instagram: "Sparkling lights of synchronous fireflies in the Great Smoky Mountains, in fast-motion (4x) and real-time video. The floor of this forest canopy in Tennessee is the mating habitat for the largest colony of them in the Western Hemisphere. These fireflies blink in sync and then pause for 7-8 seconds. The benefit of syncing is unknown. They only sync when there are lots of other lightning bugs nearby. Fiireflies populations decline worldwide due to light pollution…

Fireflies are the most efficient producers of light in the world, even when compared to modern light bulbs.

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