Light show in the forest Jun 23, 2021

Light show in the forest

You might be crashing the biggest party in Japan"s least populous region. Each summer, fireflies turn this forest in rural Tottori prefecture into their own glitzy nightclub. There"s no telling which fireflies are the males in this shot, but be assured they"ll spend mating season trying to flicker their way into the females" hearts.

© north-tail/Getty Images Plus

palette

Today in History

Jun 23, 2018Commemorating peace in Antarctica
Jun 23, 2019Adorable activism
Jun 23, 2020Flowers by the sea
Jun 23, 2022Stari Most in Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Jun 23, 2023Pollinator Week
Jun 23, 2024Dhaka, Bangladesh
Jun 23, 2025The Elbe in Dresden, Germany

More Desktop Wallpapers:

Jan 16, 2018Lionfish off the coast of Indonesia
Jan 5, 2023Harbin International Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival, China
May 24, 2023Old Fortress, Corfu, Greece
Apr 10, 2023Siblings Day
Dec 26, 2018Boxing Day—a shopper’s delight
Jan 2, 2023Hohenzollern Castle near Stuttgart, Germany
Feb 9, 2025Alstrom Point, Lake Powell, Utah
Feb 23, 2023The lights of Paris
Jul 20, 2020Earthrise on Moon Day
Mar 5, 2022Mont-Saint-Michel
Sep 5, 2018Salmon migration in full swing
Aug 7, 2018Guiding ships to safety
Jun 16, 2018Drop in on International Surfing Day
May 28, 2019Why’s it called a spelling ‘bee,’ anyhow?
Dec 17, 2023Bohemian waxwings in Canada
Jul 9, 2025Independence Day of the Argentine Republic
Sep 25, 2018Walking among the giants
Mar 11, 2023Marshland, Gloucester, MA
Nov 27, 2022Cecropia leaf and lobster claw petals in Mexico
Jun 27, 2019The roots of invention
Jul 15, 2020Who left the tub running?
Jul 10, 2022Ölüdeniz, Turkey
Sep 5, 2023Mount Segla, Senja Island, Norway
Mar 24, 201930 years after Exxon Valdez
Feb 20, 2021An enduring vision
May 1, 2020It s Asian Pacific American Heritage Month
Nov 12, 2020Upstate autumn
Nov 23, 2025Fibonacci Day
Jul 26, 2023International Day of Mangrove Conservation
May 12, 2018It’s World Migratory Bird Day