Foxfire is the term for bioluminescence of some species of fungi or moss on the surface of wood. This is not to be confused with Firefox, the web browser a lot of us use, which has no bioluminescence at all. It was called in the past ‘fairy fire’ as it was a magical unexplained source of light in the forest.
A day-long heavy rain fell in the mountains of North Carolina as Winter was trying to decide it was time for Spring, and in that day’s twilight, the trees seemed to glow with ‘fairy fire’. It was quite remarkable and permeated the forest. As I stood admiring this phenomena, I pre-visualized a black and white image that was lit by this glow.
The photograph was made with a medium format Mamaya RB67.
Foxfire is also a group founded in 1966 to preserve and develop the public’s appreciation for Southern Appalachian culture – it’s history, people, and traditions – through artifacts, oral history, and programs that interpret, document and celebrate the region – it is located in the Northern Georgia mountains in Mountain City, which is about an hour east from my log cabin in Blue Ridge, GA. https://www.foxfire.org/
