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[–] ArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.works 0 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago) (3 children)

That's a long exposure, but there really can be that many of them. I was out on a moonless night in upstate New York. An amazing number of stars was visible (I could even see the Milky Way), I was surrounded by fireflies and glowworms, and there were no other sources of light once I turned my flashlight off. It was so dark that I couldn't see my own feet, just lights in all directions.

[–] KMAMURI@lemmy.world 0 points 20 hours ago

We have this many right now in the swamps.

[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 0 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

I used to live out in the country near a nature preserve and can confirm it looks like this.

Now I’m forced to live in the burbs and get excited when I see a single firefly.

[–] ArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.works 0 points 20 hours ago

There used to be at least some fireflies every year where I lived in Brooklyn when I was a kid but now there aren't.

[–] RebekahWSD@lemmy.world 0 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

I have amazing memories as a kid seeing fields that looked like this! I miss it.

[–] fossilesque@mander.xyz 0 points 3 hours ago