Foxfire by bmac62
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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.
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Comments (31)
beachzz
Very, very cool----I'd love to see this!!
blinkings
Wow and if you don't mind me saying so would make a great backdrop for a scary movie too.
lyron
Amazing place. Fantastic picture!!!
jayfar
Looks really beautiful Bill, nice capture.
durleybeachbum
Absolutely fascinating! What an exciting place!
helanker
WOW ! What an exciting place, Bill! ALot of different stuff must grow there. Beautiful capture.
bazza
Absolutely amazing capture Bill, such beauty in dead and decaying wood and fungi.. Excellent post!!
knupps
Looks nice and beautiful in a strange way. Great capture.
Star4mation
Awesome looking place Bill! Ace photo :)
debbielove
It's Jurassic Park!!! A Fave! I love it.. Wonderful, untouched place... Beautiful shot.. Outstandingly taken mate! Rob
MrsRatbag
Wow, this is stunning, Bill! I love it!
Faemike55
Fantastic and stunning photo
jendellas
What an amazing place, great capture!!!
awjay
wowwww
Blush
Awesome image Hugs Susan~
goodoleboy
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.
sandra46
SUPER FABULOUS PICTURE! WELL DONE!
npauling
This looks so beautiful and so unusual. What an interesting part of the world.
hipps13
WOW a place to get lost awesome capture sure is warm hugs, Linda
jocko500
lovely looking place
kansas
So beautiful. Memories from childhood come flooding in by just looking at this photo.
aksirp
stunning, wonderful old forest, thank you!
flavia49
marvelous image!!
auntietk
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!
Meisiekind
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...
cfulton
Wow! Thanks for the large image Bill, well worth the zoom. Eerie! Clive
MagikUnicorn
BEAUTY
RodS Online Now!
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!
kenmo
Beautiful and interesting image...
danapommet
Gorgeous view Bill. Lovely collection of mosses. Dana