Michiko Kimura, Forest of a Thousand Lights (LANDSCAPE & ENVIRONMENT 2026)

For a few short weeks each year, several species of firefly emerge together in this Japanese forest. Thousands of fireflies emerge after darkness, transforming the silent woodland into a sea of golden light. Photographed over multiple exposures, their individual flashes reveal the extraordinary scale of this brief natural phenomenon.

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