Fireflies

Photograph by Rachel Blaser

"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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