Amber King, Leaf Glow (NATURE WILDERNESS 2024)

While night walking in the undergrowth of the Illawarra Escarpment (hunting Fireflies and Glow Worms) I noticed the creek I was following glowing under UV light. The glow was coming from a decaying type of leaf and being wafted downstream with the gentle water current. The UV light picked up all sorts of beautiful colours of different leaves caught in a pool of water, the fluorescing of the leaf decay making a startling whitish blue glow background in the water.

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