The
forest floor is barely visible in the low light conditions when it suddenly
bursts into life, becoming a neon green blanket of light.
The
source of this eerie light is a bioluminescent fungus, known only by the name
given to it by locals: "chimpanzee fire".
Filmmaker
Verity White was able to catch this phenomenon on camera for the Congo episode
of the BBC/Discovery series Africa using long-exposure time-lapse photography
techniques.
This
bizarre species was filmed in the Goualougo triangle, near the Dzanga river in
Congo Brazzaville.
The
existence of the fungus was so little-known that even experienced field
scientists had never seen it.
It
was only when Ms White asked local guides if they had ever heard of the glowing
fungus that its whereabouts came to light.
"On
the off-chance of seeing it, I took a time-lapse camera with me," Ms White
tells BBC Nature.
Continued: http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/21011428
Posts
No comments:
Post a Comment
You only need to enter your comment once! Comments will appear once they have been moderated. This is so as to stop the would-be comedian who has been spamming the comments here with inane and often offensive remarks. You know who you are!