Photo of the Day

Fireflies in a field at night
August 12, 2010

Fireflies

This Month in Photo of the Day: Photos From the 2009 International Photo Contest

"I was spending the Fourth of July back in Nebraska, in the farmhouse where I grew up, and there were more fireflies that summer than I'd ever seen. I went out to the dirt road behind the house and shot this using a long exposure, just after sunset."—Rachel Blaser


See more photos, see winners' galleries, download wallpaper, and solve puzzles from the 2009 International Photo Contest.

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Photograph by Rachel Blaser
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