{"id":208,"date":"2022-05-25T15:00:19","date_gmt":"2022-05-25T15:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/memora8ilia.com\/index.php\/2022\/05\/25\/in-many-parts-of-the-world-a-warm-summer\/"},"modified":"2022-05-25T15:00:19","modified_gmt":"2022-05-25T15:00:19","slug":"in-many-parts-of-the-world-a-warm-summer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/memora8ilia.com\/index.php\/2022\/05\/25\/in-many-parts-of-the-world-a-warm-summer\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"npf_row\">\n<figure class=\"tmblr-full\" data-orig-height=\"1333\" data-orig-width=\"2000\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/e3fa6178359b460654a3a09c5d9425f3\/ed74445d4863e1a0-75\/s640x960\/166e994545cbcc98163a241c3e4ad578276aa26f.jpg\" data-orig-height=\"1333\" data-orig-width=\"2000\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>\u275d In many parts of the world, a warm summer evening sets the stage for a familiar sight: the lightning bug. Through a phenomenon called bioluminescence, these winged beetles generate chemical reactions in a part of their abdomen known as the lantern to produce flickers of light. Of more than 2,000 species found throughout the world, only a handful coordinate their flashes into patterns and are known as synchronous fireflies. Filmmaker\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/savingthedark.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sriram Murali<\/a>\u00a0captured a rare gathering of billions of these insects at the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.atrpollachi.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Anamalai Tiger Reserve<\/a>\u00a0in western Tamil Nadu, India. [\u2026] For the past ten years, Murali has been working to raise awareness of light pollution through a series of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/srirammurali\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">documentaries<\/a>. Focusing on the reserve and its nighttime fauna, he hopes to highlight the significant role that darkness plays in the natural world.\u00a0\u275e <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/2022\/05\/sriram-murali-synchronous-fireflies\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">*<\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<figure class=\"tmblr-full tmblr-embed\" data-provider=\"vimeo\" data-url=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/709769617\" data-orig-width=\"540\" data-orig-height=\"304\"><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u275d In many parts of the world, a warm summer evening sets the stage for a familiar sight: the lightning bug. Through a phenomenon called bioluminescence, these winged beetles generate chemical reactions in a part of their abdomen known as the lantern to produce flickers of light. 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