Firefly Experience - Summer Night with Fireflies (Lightning Bugs) 

My wife and I used to sit on the deck with a glass of wine and watch them surface at dusk in the forest behind our home. She passed in January after fighting Cancer for almost 2 years. I used to call her Firefly because she truly was the Light of My Life. A few nights ago, and this lasted for 4 days, a firefly got into the house, flew up to the den from the first floor, and stayed there for the entire night. Most people call it coincidence, I call it comforting.

I remember when I was a child. I live in a small village, sometimes the electricity went off for 2 or 3 hours. When that happened, me and my family used to go outside, having a good time together, there were fireflies, the sound of crickets, laughter, and joy. Those are beautiful times ☺

It's been years since the last time i saw fireflies. Thank you for reminding me of those magnificent nights

This is the most beautiful video I have ever seen. Thank you so much for making this and sharing it.

I've always wanted the see fireflies irl. Sadly there's none in California

I still come back to this video and I feel like im in the heaven! It makes me so happy, feel loved and cared and in peace... Thank you again!

I remember being a teenager in Czech Republic, watching those beautiful moving lights when I passed by a forest. It was before I was diagnosed with schizophrenia and even though I now tend to forget who I am and what I lived, I still remember how beautiful this moment was. Now I'll go cry again lol. Take care people.

I was born in a small town. I remember in my childhood catching fireflies and wondering where do they fit there batteries. 😄 Those days where very peaceful any joyful. Now living in a big City where even stars are not visible properly. After so many years today I saw a Firefly sitting on my balcony. It brings me back my old memories.

Words cannot express how watching this short, wonderful video deeply touches my soul. It brings me right back to my youth. And the accompanying music couldn’t be more perfect. Thank you for creating this beautiful video of nature’s magic show. I could sit and watch it for hours ❤️

This is one of the MOST MAGICAL videooos Oh my God ^_^

This deserves so much more views. Amazing.

Pure magic. This brought me to tears. I was born and raised and still live in Des Moines. Grew up near a pond and trees, this brought back a special place for me. Thank you.

Love fireflies! Wish I lived where they are. Also loved the thunder. Beautiful video, thank you

How can people think there is no God when something like this is so amazing?

When I was a kid, I remember that I saw them a couple of times when we had a holiday up in the mountain. Last year I saw them again for the first time in decades. It was truly magical that I vowed to do a pilgrimage to that woods annually. There’re only a couple of places in my country where I could see them in the summer. This year I saw only a couple of them in mid July. Hopefully they don’t go extinct anytime soon.

Exquisite composition and music. Thank you. It was transporting. Only wish it was longer..

When I was growing up in Iowa, we'd have spectacular displays of hundreds and hundreds of fireflies - or as we called them 'lightning bugs' - and this just took me back to way more wonderful and magical time. Thank you!

I wish you would do a version of this on loop for me to fall asleep too. This was my life for 32 years. I miss these sounds every night.

Definitely brought me to tears. Childhood memories are strong.

I've never seen a firefly in my life and decided to look them up at 3am at night. Now I long to actually experience the feeling this video conveys

Stunning video. Thank you for bottling this moment and putting it out there for all of us to see. I came searching for a video on fireflies, because in the book I'm reading - - Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami - - a chapter ended with this beautiful, sad image of a firefly. I've never seen them before, and your video certainly poured into the pool of emotions the book elicited out of me initially. Thank you, truly.

Thanks for this! Everyone needs to go outside every once in a while and just watch them for about 10 minutes. Appreciate the magic going on right outside your house.

please help me to share the video. Thank you

I have been chasing fireflies with my camera for years and have not been able to produce anything that compares to this. Well done!

Thanks alot for creating this video....the audio hits beautiful.... this video has already bring my memory back to my childhood village experience.... literally am searching for this kind of video... The vibe of this video is too much heart touching...

This was absolutely breathtaking. How astounding. Thank you, I needed this. :^)

They are the closest thing to magic on this planet

This video is not beautiful... It's GORGEOUS! Congratulations!!!!☝️👍👍

And someday this breathtaking thing will be destroyed by humans.

I just posted this on my fb ... Thank you its lovely.

Absolutely beautiful video, I will gladly share this. I was just talking to my wife about fireflies when I lived in Georgia and how they amazed me, 20 years later I find myself reliving the same beautiful memories with my wife watching this wonderful video. Thanks

This is absolutely breathtaking! Thank you so much for the wonderful video!

Beautifully filmed and edited. Thank you! I live in Australia, and they seem to be fairly rare here. I remember seeing one as a kid and being amazed, but haven't seen any since. I didn't know they displayed in such numbers. So surreal, feels like a fantasy world!

I can't stop watching

I found myself (on a horrible day) missing New York, and missing, in particular, the fireflies. So I did a search and found this. What absolutely gorgeous short film. Everthing about it is perfect. Thanks.

Tonight, abt 30 mins ago, i saw my first firefly in 11 years, it was amazing that i started to cry, its rare to see them in Florida but maybe this year they will return

Absolutely wonderful! Love it ♡♡♡

This brought me back to my early teens when I just moved to Southern USA and saw them for the first time in my life. I've loved them ever since. I love to sit outside in the porch during summer nights and watch them glow all over the field ❤

Fireflies - Lightning Bugs are one of God's miraculous creations!! They are exquisitely captured in this summertime video. Thank you for sharing!

what is the name of the piano song ?

In 90s when I was in school ...me and my friend collect firefly in bottles than release it after sometime ...it was an awesome days ... Now a days they r hard to find because of pollution and radiation

hermoso!!!

OMG this is an amazingly magical beautiful hypnotic meditative firefly video! Totally love this and thank you for producing it and sharing it! Much blessings... )O(

The first time I saw a firefly is when I was only 5, that's the most magical and beautiful thing I've ever seen! After many years, I was trying to sleep and a firefly flew into my room..It's so beautiful :D

Watching fireflies is one of my favourite memories. They use to be all over my house area at night just before rainy season arrived. Sadly they are no more.

I just witnessed this for the first time in my life during a 3am walk through my neighborhood--in the thickets among the houses. this was absolutely captivating considering I didn't even know what these little guys did for a living. my god, that was beautiful.

I grew up in the midwest but I've lived in Colorado for 5 years and tbh I nearly cried watching this. It brought me right back to my childhood home back yard. I felt like I could see every detail and remember endless summer nights I spent with my brother... Thank you

This is like being young again, looking up @ a North Carolina sky! I sure do miss me! :)

This is beautiful! Thanks for sharing this!

What sort of sad, soul-dead zombies could give this a thumbs down? Blimey!

It would be awesome if you replaced the music with night time nature sounds like frogs and crickets.

this takes me back to when i was still living in a village. i used to watch the stars accompanied by the beautiful light of the fireflies while sipping a cup of hot coffee! now that im living in a city, it's kind of hard to see any fireflies. miss those times!

When I was a kid, my great grandma and I would sit by the window and watch fireflies covering nearby trees that they look like living Christmas Trees. Most magical scene that cannot and has never been replicated wherever I go. Sadly, modernization started when I was in 4th grade and my Christmas trees disappeared with it. It was the saddest moment of my life and I felt that something inside died as well since then. Thank you very much for sharing this. This gives me some hope that maybe I will find that magical place again somehow :)

Fireflies are a wonderful memory from my childhood. Where I live now in the past few years they've diminished considerably. I miss them.

So very greatful to have stumbled on your video. Absolutely lovely. Hard to see they have disappeared from our suburbs. Something about fireflies that bring up feelings of hope & awe..

It's 8 pm I'm with candle lights with my cat watching this amazing Video! I had not seen such a Beautiful Video for a long time. The music is just perfect for it. How the camera moves. The perfect moments are captured here. Thank you so much! I Love nature and you are talented! And so funny how they turn on and turn off 😍💗

Beautiful! Thank you so much for sharing.

Needs to be a bit longer...or do a loop, just label it as so otherwise people will be yelling "that's a loop". Lovely and a bit spooky too.

When I was a child in Pa. in the 1950's- 1960's all our backyards were so active, we used to catch them and admire them...I'm still in Pa. and there are so few now. Sad very sad.

This is so so beautiful, Awesome and gorgeous....💟💟Lovely.. I love Fireflies they look so amazing at night..... Thankyou for this amazing video.....

this video is way to short :( I am crying

It amazes me that a small critter like this can produce luminance in such a beautiful way. Nature is so Fun

While I don't miss the mosquitoes, living in the middle of town, I am sad not to have these cute critters around much. Summer nights in the country were so peaceful...unless the coyotes decided to have a chat in the backyard, lol. 😨👻

Shared :)) love this! thank *you*!

Omg so pretty.. its like a fairytale place

Video is as sweet as the live experience of seeing fireflies outside in person. Try no longer mowing the lawn after the 1st firefly of the season appears. Let them have an undisturbed mating environment. Hopefully this will make for many more times the number of fireflies each year though the 1st increase will be two years for the first bigger population of hatchlings to reach adulthood. Fireflies need time to produce & lay eggs in the ground. Adults only live about 30 days. Perhapps letting the lawn go for 6 weeks is enough time since not all fireflies will become adults at once. Safest approach would be to not resume mowing till fireflies no longer appear on warm nights.

Stunning photography and sound. Loved this!

Nature = Magic

Wow! This was amazing! Beautiful work!

just beautiful...

Epic!

I haven’t seen a whole lot the past few years. In WV, as a child, I would catch them and there were literally thousands out at night. I’ve moved around since then so I’m not sure if maybe it’s the new area, if there’s less of them or if I’m just less observant.

What's the music?

This music and video makes me want to cry, it put a lump in my throat. They're both so beautiful

I think this video is great but it really pisses me off that cartoons/anime and video games portray fireflies as always glowing or glowimg for a few a seconds then turing off and repeating unlike in real life where they just flash. I belived this for most of my childhood so it made me sad when i found that out.

why fireflies always stick to someone sad story ? like literally never seen 1 story about happy time watching fireflies with loves one and happy ending ( like they will live on happily ever after and not dying lol ) it's always about someone life and death is imminent when you see someone share a story about fireflies ... sorry anyone got a happy story ? or something interesting ? even ghibli studio has movie about fireflies grave yard i watched that animated movie once and will never watch it again . it's not a bad movie but it is just very sad i mean very very sad .

Thank you so much for this video! It's so beautiful, so amazingly filmed!!

Filmed right by where I grew up. Magical memories thank you

Fireflies are one of my favorite things in the world and your video is beautifully done!!! I can watch it 1000 times in a row! A bit of magic found during lockdown for Covid-19 💕 and I subscribed because this video alone deserves 10 000 000 subscribers 😁

Wow! This is magnificent!

Beyond beauty I think there should be a new word to describe it

I have also shared to my FB

They're so beautiful. Why ruin it with music?

So good. I love nature like this. Thank for your sharing.

can i use this video to crate another one

Magical! I have only lived in the East 🇺🇸 for a few years but will never forget the magic of fireflies

beautiful

they always had a certain smell and i miss it, it will always be a part of my childhood.

How graceful😊

i always thought that the fireflys keep their light on alot longer lol

Beautiful job on photography! I have a decent show in my west GA woods but nothing like this. The music was a perfect companion, lovely!

Beautifully calming video. The music compliments it perfectly. Who is the composer?

Fireflies can be seen in other wonderful countries! Please see the Japanese fireflies also uploaded.

Beautiful. Job 12:7 But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; and the fowls of the air, and they shall tell thee: 8 Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee: and the fishes of the sea shall declare unto thee. 9 Who knoweth not in all these that the hand of the LORD hath wrought this? 10 In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, and the breath of all mankind.

Awesome!! Radim can I get a few clips from you to use in my music video? Its so beautiful..Please respond ..

Absolutely superb! Thank you for sharing !

Anyone have a link to the tutorial to this song?

amazing and so respectfully shoot video, most of the videos i see of fireflies, there's always people catching them...studying them, put it in jars??? your video is just pure beauty, thank you

Rad!!! Absolutely amazing. What amazing work you do. just checked your website , and it is really wonderful. I study insects, and I am so impressed by your work There is an absolutely amazing song that your footage is just perfect for, May I use parts of this video for a RU-vid upload? All rights reserved, I only wish to spread this feeling. thank you for your patience more light and peace to you

Beautiful video, and music!