Photographer took a starry sky of fireflies in a New Zealand cave

We have seen here that New Zealand can be proud not only of its stunningly beautiful nature and landscapes, but also of what is underground.

The Waitomo region is famous for glowing caves. And these caves are lit up like the night sky with stars, thanks to the magic insects — fireflies. They emit a phosphorescent glow, thereby illuminating the dark vaults of the caves and creating an incredible atmosphere.

Throughout the past year, Sean Jeffers, a British photographer specializing in commercial tourism, has been walking along and across one of the Vaitom caves — Ruakuri, shooting glowing insects.

The photographer said that when you turn off the flashlight and plunge into absolute darkness, which is permeated only by fireflies, you feel as if you were in Cameron's movie "Avatar". And photographing fireflies, as Sean told me, is like taking pictures of the night sky, although the shutter speed should be much longer.

The pictures in this collection are just taken with a shutter speed of 30 seconds to 6 minutes. And in order for these photos to turn out, Sean had to be in icy water with a tripod for 6-8 hours a day. And, according to the photographer, it was worth it.