The Night the Fireflies Sang in Unison
Every June in the Great Smoky Mountains of Tennessee, thousands of visitors gather in Elkmont to witness something science still struggles to fully explain. Photinus...
This is stories & illustrations, drawing on Psalm 98.
Every June in the Great Smoky Mountains of Tennessee, thousands of visitors gather in Elkmont to witness something science still struggles to fully explain. Photinus carolinus — synchronous fireflies — begin their mating display, and within minutes, entire hillsides pulse with light in perfect rhythm. Flash. Darkness. Flash. Darkness. Thousands of tiny creatures, none of them conducting, none of them rehearsing, lighting up the forest in a coordinated chorus of cold fire.…
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