Fireflies Over Rice Field Samawah Night in from a moonlit breakwater near Samawah

Fireflies Over Rice Field Samawah Night

by Dawn Landers

Moonlight spills across the terraced paddies of an irrigated rice field, turning the standing water into sheets of pale silver. Thousands of tiny fireflies drift in slow, vertical arcs above the green stalks, their amber glows punctuating the deep indigo of the pre-dawn sky. A low concrete breakwater anchors the foreground, its rough surface damp with condensation under the cool late spring air. Faint atmospheric haze softens the horizon where the sky meets the distant, dark silhouette of the riverbank. The water ripples gently, distorting the reflections of the insects and the moon into shimmering, broken lines. Small clusters of wild reeds stand rigid along the water's edge, their tips catching the faintest glow of the bioluminescent swarm.

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fireflies rice field Samawah moonlight night photography irrigation paddies bioluminescence
Camera Sony a7C*AI-imagined, not shot. For real Sony a7C photos, grab one online.
Lens 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 GM
Focal Length 276mm
Aperture f/4.5
Shutter Speed 1/8000
ISO 200
Film JPEG straight out of camera
Location from a moonlit breakwater near Samawah
Date 2020-08-08
Credit VEETER
License Free for any use
Coordinates 10.1191, -2.5826
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