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riders on the storm (lemmynsfw.com)

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[–] [email protected] 76 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day 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.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 day 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.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day 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.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 hours ago

Me too. :)

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago

We have this many right now in the swamps.