Towering trees, rushing streams, and luminous fireflies combine to create this magical landscape in Tennessee"s Great Smoky Mountains National Park. The park is famous for its firefly season between May and June when these "lightning bugs" gather to put on a light show as part of a mating display. Today, we celebrate the anniversary of this magnificent national park, as well as Nature Photography Day. There may be no better subject than the lightning bug to mark the day—as photography is the art of capturing light in lasting images.
Nature Photography Day
Today in History
More Desktop Wallpapers:
-
Hey, who’s in charge here?
-
Martin Luther King Jr. Day
-
Bridge of Hillsborough County
-
World Teachers Day
-
It s Mountain Day in Japan
-
Don t go chasing waterfalls
-
Let s ride! It s Roller Coaster Day
-
Earth Day
-
International Day of the Worlds Indigenous Peoples
-
Rapa Nui National Park, Easter Island, Chile
-
The cycle begins anew
-
Glowworm caves in Australia
-
International Day of Human Space Flight
-
Salmon return to the Copper River
-
Vernazza, Cinque Terre, Liguria, Italy
-
Killer whales in Spildra, Norway
-
Churún Merú waterfall in Venezuela
-
Salt ponds of Maras, Peru
-
The Tre Cime di Lavaredo, Italy
-
Arambol Beach, Goa, India
-
It’s Weihnachtsmarkt time!
-
Bamburgh Castle, Northumberland, England
-
Mack Arch Rock
-
Happy Mother’s Day
-
Grizzly bears in Alaska for National Wildlife Day
-
Diwali
-
Angkor, Cambodia
-
Grand Canyon National Park turns 105
-
Art abounds at the Palais Garnier
-
Bridge of Hillsborough County