Foxfire by bmac62

Photography • Flowers/Plants • posted on Mar 19, 2011

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Description

...this is a small glimpse within a rainforest in the Hoh River Valley on the Olympic Peninsula (Washington state). ...no matter what the weather or time of the day, there is a certain glow eminating from the green, wood rotting fungus covering almost everything in an area like this. ...Foxfire is the term for the bioluminescence created in the right conditions by a few species of fungi that decay wood. The luminescence is often attributed to members of the genus Armillaria, the Honey mushroom, though others are reported, and as many as 71 individual species have been identified. See short wiki here. Bill P.S. Left very large to provide a good zoomed look if you are interested. "Stumped"

Comments (31)

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beachzz

2:25AM | Sat, 19 March 2011

Very, very cool----I'd love to see this!!

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blinkings

2:37AM | Sat, 19 March 2011

Wow and if you don't mind me saying so would make a great backdrop for a scary movie too.

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lyron

3:06AM | Sat, 19 March 2011

Amazing place. Fantastic picture!!!

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jayfar

3:21AM | Sat, 19 March 2011

Looks really beautiful Bill, nice capture.

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durleybeachbum

3:41AM | Sat, 19 March 2011

Absolutely fascinating! What an exciting place!

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helanker

3:42AM | Sat, 19 March 2011

WOW ! What an exciting place, Bill! ALot of different stuff must grow there. Beautiful capture.

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bazza

4:05AM | Sat, 19 March 2011

Absolutely amazing capture Bill, such beauty in dead and decaying wood and fungi.. Excellent post!!

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knupps

5:33AM | Sat, 19 March 2011

Looks nice and beautiful in a strange way. Great capture.

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Star4mation

8:20AM | Sat, 19 March 2011

Awesome looking place Bill! Ace photo :)

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debbielove

10:04AM | Sat, 19 March 2011

It's Jurassic Park!!! A Fave! I love it.. Wonderful, untouched place... Beautiful shot.. Outstandingly taken mate! Rob

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MrsRatbag

10:25AM | Sat, 19 March 2011

Wow, this is stunning, Bill! I love it!

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Faemike55

11:34AM | Sat, 19 March 2011

Fantastic and stunning photo

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jendellas

12:17PM | Sat, 19 March 2011

What an amazing place, great capture!!!

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awjay

3:58PM | Sat, 19 March 2011

wowwww

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Blush

4:16PM | Sat, 19 March 2011

Awesome image Hugs Susan~

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goodoleboy

4:56PM | Sat, 19 March 2011

Splendid lighting and textural effects, suggestive of The Wizard of Oz and Lord of the Rings movies, Bill. Trapped inside, one would never escape its clutches. Foxfire also the name of a 1996 movie starring Angelina Jolie.

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sandra46

6:13PM | Sat, 19 March 2011

SUPER FABULOUS PICTURE! WELL DONE!

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npauling

8:55PM | Sat, 19 March 2011

This looks so beautiful and so unusual. What an interesting part of the world.

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hipps13

12:49AM | Sun, 20 March 2011

WOW a place to get lost awesome capture sure is warm hugs, Linda

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jocko500

12:52AM | Sun, 20 March 2011

lovely looking place

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kansas

10:31AM | Sun, 20 March 2011

So beautiful. Memories from childhood come flooding in by just looking at this photo.

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aksirp

11:21AM | Sun, 20 March 2011

stunning, wonderful old forest, thank you!

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flavia49

4:39PM | Sun, 20 March 2011

marvelous image!!

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auntietk

10:20PM | Sun, 20 March 2011

I never knew moss could be bioluminescent. Now you've got me curious to learn more! Excellent capture ... I remember how the light was going!

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Meisiekind

2:40AM | Mon, 21 March 2011

Firstly, the image is spectacular and almost spooky in a way. I expect to see some creature appearing any moment. Fascinating info about the fungi! WOW...

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cfulton

4:49AM | Tue, 22 March 2011

Wow! Thanks for the large image Bill, well worth the zoom. Eerie! Clive

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MagikUnicorn

4:08PM | Tue, 22 March 2011

BEAUTY

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RodS

5:56PM | Tue, 22 March 2011

Well, this blows my mind, Bill! What a photo! When I first saw this image, the first thing that popped into my mind was Pandora, the planet (moon, actually) where the story takes place in the movie 'Avatar.' It seems even more like Pandora with the bioluminescant fungus and moss. Fascinating! You ought to try to capture the bioluminescance at night - now that would be positively eerie!

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