The Fireflies of Elkmont
Every June in the Great Smoky Mountains, thousands of visitors crowd into the Elkmont campground for one of nature's most astonishing displays. Synchronous fireflies —...
This is stories & illustrations, drawing on John 13:34-35.
Every June in the Great Smoky Mountains, thousands of visitors crowd into the Elkmont campground for one of nature's most astonishing displays. Synchronous fireflies — Photinus carolinus — begin their mating ritual in the darkened forest, and what starts as scattered, individual flickers slowly transforms into something breathtaking. One by one, the fireflies synchronize. Within minutes, entire hillsides pulse with light in perfect unison, then fall dark together, then blaze again.…
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