December 14, 2014
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September 27, 2014
I was walking a mountain while blowing bear whistle occasionally in darkness at midnight.
There was the huge tree dedicated to the gods protecting the mountain. A few dozen
meters away from the sacred tree, there was decrepit tree which was thick with mushroom.
When eyes were adapted to darkness, it revealed beautiful weak glow from Omphalotus
japonicas. It is said that Omphalotus japonicas glows for a few days after opening the
umbrella to spread spores. The decrepit tree will return to the soil by mushroom and
microorganisms. The beautiful glow was generated by the energy from last breath of
decrepit tree. The next thing I knew, it was glowing in many places of the forest. When
I turned my attention to the sky, a lot of stars were twinkling. Bistream K.Ohtawara
July 29, 2014
July 16, 2014
July 11, 2014
July 5, 2014
June 10, 2014
Sunny yellow light flashes to look for a partner in a forest far from town. The light flashes very strong although body length is only a few millimeters. Flashing at close to midnight must be way to live without being discovered. Male flies several dozen centimeters high from the ground but female can not fly. So that means they can not move their habitat with distance. The scene have been repeated several hundred years at same habitat. It could see many times in the past but they are absent recently. Their silent habitat is being lost by raze a forest and human being step into a forest. I am also one of human being step into habitat with camera. During last a few days, they emit luminescence without any eating by squeeze the remaining life to pass on life to the next generation. I feel drawn to such a beautiful and fugacious creature doing in a deep forest at midnight in early summer. K.Ohtawara Bistream
Time-lapse movie:
http://vimeo.com/user29129461/lastdance
http://youtu.be/v_57MdxeaEU
Time-lapse movie:
http://vimeo.com/user29129461/lastdance
http://youtu.be/v_57MdxeaEU
June 5, 2014
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