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  • Every year, hundreds of thousands of fireflies begin their mating dance in the pine forests of Mexico. Filmmaker Blake Congdon captured this incredible phenomenon as never before seen.
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  • @NatGeo
    @NatGeo  5 років тому +66

    Every summer outside the tiny Mexican town of Nanacamilpa, a unique type of firefly puts on one of nature’s most incredible light shows. To learn more, read on here: on.natgeo.com/2KsULb6

    • @nykdman13
      @nykdman13 5 років тому

      Why was none of this in the video? Lazy.

    • @southernsass2937
      @southernsass2937 5 років тому +3

      Absolutely beautiful to watch.
      As a kid I'd stay out to watch these at night. A beautiful memory that I truly miss. ❤
      I rarely see these anymore. Would you know why? Bc they're all in Mexico? 😂

    • @2hedz77
      @2hedz77 5 років тому +5

      Could've been better without the pointless model.

    • @Suehuskins
      @Suehuskins 5 років тому +3

      Southern Sass they do same thing once a year in Cherokee, NC at the national park. Park fills early and they close gates and it’s amazing. I’ve never been but they showed it on local news.

    • @qutodiamum
      @qutodiamum 5 років тому +1

      Amazing 😀

  • @jaredaus4742
    @jaredaus4742 2 роки тому +5

    "You would not believe your eyes, if ten million fireflies lit up the world as i fell asleep, cause they feel the open air"

  • @toxiccan175
    @toxiccan175 5 років тому +148

    Everyone:
    National Geographic: “10 Organisms That Dance Better Than You”

  • @welkinator
    @welkinator 5 років тому +96

    "You must walk miles into...." the woods in a flimsy nightgown with no leg coverings.

    • @Juliemorgana
      @Juliemorgana 4 роки тому +3

      Yeah, that's just silly. And I don't think the fireflies would care for the lantern much, if they prefer a moonless night.

    • @_sparrowhawk
      @_sparrowhawk 3 роки тому +6

      This is absolutely beautiful .... BUT... we also included a pretty girl wearing almost nothing. :P

    • @MapleSyrupPoet
      @MapleSyrupPoet 3 роки тому +1

      great comment ...she is quite delicious, all the same ...real beauty

    • @leifdux7277
      @leifdux7277 3 місяці тому

      Leeches gonna be leeching

  • @Mysterialic
    @Mysterialic 5 років тому +30

    For those who are cynical of their beauty portrayed here, it's totally real. My house is nearby a firefly sighting zone and we'd go there annually to see their magnificent show.

    • @windiandini6919
      @windiandini6919 5 років тому

      Where is your house located?

    • @Mysterialic
      @Mysterialic 5 років тому

      @@windiandini6919 Look up on Kuala Selangor's Fireflies.

  • @SnowboardPaul
    @SnowboardPaul 5 років тому +117

    Epic voice!!! Can I hire Blake to read me a bedtime story when it’s raining ? ☔️ 💤

    • @Noukz37
      @Noukz37 5 років тому +9

      To me it seemed like an overkill, almost ruined the beautiful atmosphere of the video.

    • @vineetha6942
      @vineetha6942 5 років тому +1

      Try Michael Sealey videos

  • @onatukan6413
    @onatukan6413 5 років тому +25

    It's so beautiful... just like watching a fairytale movie 🦋

  • @robertberger8981
    @robertberger8981 5 років тому +4

    One must feel in paradise with dancing fireflies

  • @user-nz7jc3mu6q
    @user-nz7jc3mu6q 5 років тому +20

    He did such a great job . Loved the way he filmed this mesmerising video.

  • @Smt_Glaive
    @Smt_Glaive 5 років тому +2

    Ive seen this first hand...its mesmerizing... seriously.. nothing like it.. magical

  • @DexonDex
    @DexonDex 5 років тому +14

    You would not believe your eyes if ten Million fireflies..........

  • @juliemarvin101
    @juliemarvin101 5 років тому +16

    Wow. That's beautiful. I live in the city and I have never seen so many fireflies in my life in all my years. My grandbaby was scared of all the bugs she said. I looked up and they were all around her. Thank you for the wonderful share

    • @googolnews2781
      @googolnews2781 5 років тому +1

      U are living in mexico

    • @juliemarvin101
      @juliemarvin101 5 років тому

      @@googolnews2781 😁I'm in Missouri but it sure does seem like I'm in MEXICO by the looks of all these fireflies 😉

    • @googolnews2781
      @googolnews2781 5 років тому

      @@juliemarvin101 it means u are living in Missouri , India as tourist.Great INDIAN CULTURE 🇮🇳

  • @gaspar2326
    @gaspar2326 5 років тому +12

    I hope this will never be extinct!

    • @autumngalix4616
      @autumngalix4616 2 роки тому

      They are becoming extinct, unfortunately. At least here in the US.

  • @akhiohannaayao4359
    @akhiohannaayao4359 3 роки тому +1

    Im a fan of their existence, though i never see one in real life, not yet.
    Please wait for me, until then fight for your existence. Your life may be short but your living it with so much worth 💛

  • @Coelacantha
    @Coelacantha 5 років тому +5

    Absolutely beautiful! Like a scene from a fairy tale🙊🌻✨🌿

  • @marianrosariodiazh21
    @marianrosariodiazh21 2 роки тому +2

    I Love it This Majesty & Beautiful Fireflies!! ✨😍💕✨

  • @metalbaby4898
    @metalbaby4898 5 років тому +6

    Voice was so soothing :)

  • @cherylhannon8673
    @cherylhannon8673 5 років тому +7

    How spectaular. This is truly worth waiting to see.

  • @hobbymixfishinginphilippin5933

    I love firefly 🥰🥰, watching here from Philippines 🇵🇭,.

  • @tiromandal6399
    @tiromandal6399 2 роки тому +1

    Haven't seen one since childhood until tonight a few mins ago. I'm still in tears....We humans have annihilated so many beautiful and innocent species from the world........

  • @BPantherPink
    @BPantherPink 5 років тому

    Saw the making of this film too... A true labour of love. You had made your own little universe of stars there !!! You were truly Blessed... 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

  • @sky2333
    @sky2333 5 років тому +3

    What an enchanting voice!

  • @Afiniciado
    @Afiniciado 5 років тому +7

    The voice is too epic

  • @ravirenoldrampersad3325
    @ravirenoldrampersad3325 5 років тому +29

    Beautiful night shows such beautiful thing magnificent

  • @TheBigBadWolf85
    @TheBigBadWolf85 5 років тому +2

    Fireflies were nice and all, but the woman was the true beauty of this video, absolutely stunning.

    • @finn4364
      @finn4364 5 років тому

      WeirdChamp Clap

    • @2hedz77
      @2hedz77 5 років тому

      But totally unnecessary

  • @jacquessparrow1595
    @jacquessparrow1595 5 років тому +85

    Nice trailer, when is this movie coming out?!

    • @KNIV3
      @KNIV3 5 років тому +5

      In theaters *summer 2020*

  • @sophiarose03
    @sophiarose03 5 років тому +8

    Magical! Absolutely breathtaking...😮

  • @cindyscharr457
    @cindyscharr457 11 місяців тому

    So mysterious, magical, mystical, and we still don't know what chemical they make to cause them to light up and mate.

  • @Marcanthonyfb
    @Marcanthonyfb 5 років тому +2

    This also happens in my backyard... Here in TN. USA, almost all summer long!! Beautiful!!

    • @cokonutraw8800
      @cokonutraw8800 5 років тому +1

      South side of San Antonio, most summers

  • @ninagolob4789
    @ninagolob4789 3 роки тому +2

    I just L O V E this video. Love it, adore it, cherish it...I could watch it all day long. The music, the fireflies, the narration...it's just perfect. A really great job. I love fireflies and I often go and watch them in the summer nights. But here, they're not in such a frenzy, neither are they the synchronizing species...but they're still beautiful.

  • @yuhankenshin5857
    @yuhankenshin5857 5 років тому +14

    Wow this is amazing. Next destination trip yay!
    Girl turn off the lantern.

  • @littledreamerrem7021
    @littledreamerrem7021 5 років тому +6

    Welp, looks like I've got something else to add to the list of things I need to see before I die...

  • @ChillLo-fi-beats
    @ChillLo-fi-beats 5 років тому +9

    Who else love fireflies 💖💖
    👇💖

  • @alabasterkros
    @alabasterkros 5 років тому +6

    What a stunning Night Show! 👏

  • @schakraborty2551
    @schakraborty2551 5 років тому +4

    *That Voice!*

  • @kengtzewei1
    @kengtzewei1 2 роки тому

    Nature has really given us a captivating scenery.

  • @Manimalia27-EdwinFernandez
    @Manimalia27-EdwinFernandez 7 місяців тому

    Este video merece mas de un millon de vistas. Me extraña🤔

  • @krystal2202
    @krystal2202 5 років тому +2

    This guy has an asmr voice so 😌 relaxing

  • @amp279
    @amp279 5 років тому +1

    Late at night, waiting for a bus, i turn on youtube,
    hmm..
    What can i watch..?
    Two fireflies mating..!
    that seems innocent enough,
    at least i won't be creeped out waiting in the dark.
    Then the voice began......

    • @googolnews2781
      @googolnews2781 5 років тому

      How did u FEEL after watching this at that time?

  • @GaryGough
    @GaryGough 5 років тому +9

    Outstanding film brilliantly narrated. Could this possibly be the voice to supersede Sir David Attenborough?

  • @MsKmc09
    @MsKmc09 5 років тому +40

    Disappointing you don't need a lady walking around with a lamp. I tuned in to watch the fireflies

    • @2hedz77
      @2hedz77 5 років тому +11

      I agree. Totally ruined it.

    • @Toni-Marie
      @Toni-Marie 5 років тому +1

      If i am not mistaken you need the soft lit lamp to attract the fireflies in one location. Much Love 🕊️💗🕊️

    • @suiteypies
      @suiteypies 5 років тому +2

      @@Toni-Marie not true, I have one of those firefly lights and when I turn it on , the fireflies come out ..I sit on my porch and watch them for hours.

    • @777sillydog
      @777sillydog 5 років тому +3

      Why is she in a nighty after walking for miles into the woods?

  • @DonnieTNJ
    @DonnieTNJ 2 роки тому +1

    I was screaming, "turn off your stupid lantern!"

  • @pulkit458
    @pulkit458 3 роки тому +1

    His voice!!

  • @OliverIsenrich
    @OliverIsenrich 5 років тому +2

    The background track here is insane. What is it?

  • @jacobtoppo9463
    @jacobtoppo9463 5 років тому +1

    What a voice...

  • @cgoddy
    @cgoddy 5 років тому +3

    Nat Geo! Have you thought of featuring the fireflies of Kuala Selangor, Malaysia next? Those are on a river bank. Amazing and stunning like lit up christmas trees!

    • @googolnews2781
      @googolnews2781 5 років тому

      Yes this flies have same species found in different parts of world

  • @DexonDex
    @DexonDex 5 років тому +8

    When you play owl city songs in the woods

  • @eliserozling9043
    @eliserozling9043 3 роки тому

    Absolutely beautiful, gorgeous, stunning...
    (scroll down)
    The fireflies aren't bad either ;)

  • @vitalino1981
    @vitalino1981 5 років тому +40

    Natgeo: *showing female human in a half transparent underwear with heavy breathing in the background*
    Me: FFS I came for fireflies! 😣

    • @baloog8
      @baloog8 5 років тому +5

      If it makes you feel better, I mated with her shortly after.

    • @r.ridderbusch7303
      @r.ridderbusch7303 5 років тому +3

      It's hot there. Cloths were not even close to transparent. Go take a cold shower ffs!

  • @Tinaraver
    @Tinaraver 5 років тому +2

    Nature's Glow Sticks :)

  • @IndraJayaGroup
    @IndraJayaGroup 5 років тому +3

    I miss seeing them while i was kids at the rice field. But sadly they are extinct now (in my area) I think because the farmers using pesticides. It's very sad 😭

  • @moein-lifestyle
    @moein-lifestyle 5 років тому +3

    🌳🏮🌲 The tale of a beautiful Lantern girl in the magic forest 🌲🏮🌳

  • @devincatz2097
    @devincatz2097 3 роки тому

    Wow those fire flies are PRETTY 🤩

  • @bridge4
    @bridge4 5 років тому +4

    whoa

  • @wyomingadventures
    @wyomingadventures 5 років тому

    When I was a kid we had them in Iowa. Loved watching them.

  • @julianvazquez2713
    @julianvazquez2713 4 роки тому

    The Highlands of Tlaxcala, México🌧️🌾🌌🐝🌲🌲🌲

  • @daniellepalao4089
    @daniellepalao4089 2 роки тому +1

    You would not believe your eyes

  • @user-dn3ut9tw2x
    @user-dn3ut9tw2x 5 років тому +4

    Pile of pants! A Beautiful Model manages to wander deep into the forest,,, in the middle of the night,,, in just her nightie and an old oil lamp to navigate by and YET, catches the only hour in a year to crush some fireflies in her hand (at the end of the video!)🙄

  • @temir.s
    @temir.s 5 років тому

    *fireflies starts playing*

  • @lifeandamyloidosis8551
    @lifeandamyloidosis8551 5 років тому

    You make us all beleive in magic with a movie like that. Thanks NG.

  • @marianrosariodiazh21
    @marianrosariodiazh21 2 роки тому +1

    Absolutely MAJESTY & BEAUTIFUL ❤️ CRIATURES in This Blue WORLD!! 🌎
    I @dore & I LOVE so Much!!! ✨😍💕✨ Greetings from San JOSE NERIA (Frontier Futboll Soccer "Lonch El Barrilito") Near Chocaman Veracruz Mexico!! 08 Agosto 2022

  • @jcmena84
    @jcmena84 5 років тому

    I was there this weekend. It's something you have to see by yourself.

  • @PanaSouza
    @PanaSouza 4 роки тому

    So spectacular

  • @edwinberdiago4967
    @edwinberdiago4967 3 роки тому

    In the philippines, palawan island you can go on a fireflies tour by boat on mangrove trees magical

  • @jhoselynporras
    @jhoselynporras 5 років тому +1

    Really beautiful✨💛
    Hope to see it one day!

  • @neeltej4123
    @neeltej4123 5 років тому

    Worth waiting 2 weeks. Luvd it. Thanks. 😊

  • @northerners2828
    @northerners2828 5 років тому +2

    Just like a fairy tail

  • @xxcosmicfrostxx
    @xxcosmicfrostxx 4 роки тому

    Wow... this looks so magical I can’t even-

  • @SoCalFreelance
    @SoCalFreelance 5 років тому

    Standby Tlaxcala Mexico, every female in the world is going to want that shot for their social media profile

  • @themultxverse4248
    @themultxverse4248 5 років тому +3

    Wow. So beautiful. 😍😍

  • @faizalbulkini
    @faizalbulkini 5 років тому +3

    amazing,
    in my place there were so many fireflies but now they were gone, :(

  • @NewMessage
    @NewMessage 5 років тому +2

    That ElfQuest fireflies scene, though...

  • @binhminh417
    @binhminh417 5 років тому +1

    Thank you for bringing nature to our living room. However, unlike Sir David Attenborough's voice , the narrator sounded too creepy. A beautiful lady walking around in the wood with a bright lantern at night took focus aways from what you intended to show--magical fireflies.

  • @lochamoezung4967
    @lochamoezung4967 5 років тому

    Wish I can document a fireflies like this . We get a lot of fireflies on the grassland every night

  • @jimpaoloabalde5427
    @jimpaoloabalde5427 4 роки тому +1

    Random off topic:
    The place is Tlaxcala, Mexico. I just finished watching Age Of Empires 2 Walkthroughs regarding the Montezuma campaign.

  • @biki28
    @biki28 5 років тому

    At childhood in my village i seen huge number of fireflies they made dark night so beautiful...but in 6-7 years now i can rearly see them ...i don't know what happened in these years with them

    • @googolnews2781
      @googolnews2781 5 років тому

      Due to light pollution,they extinct in some places.but in forests,they must exist

  • @Goodvvine
    @Goodvvine 5 років тому

    I saw this once before about 17y ago, so cool, I wish I can see it again sametime

  • @treeberry4
    @treeberry4 5 років тому

    Simply astounding

  • @Spacecowboy1101
    @Spacecowboy1101 5 років тому

    Nice both the fireflies and the girl lol . but seriously my town was small as a kid and full of fireflies 48 yrs later very rare to see them now :(

    • @googolnews2781
      @googolnews2781 5 років тому

      Yes.we call this flies JUGNU in india.but now they are not seeing any more in night.

  • @godwinwilliams2970
    @godwinwilliams2970 5 років тому

    Wow.... I also experience this like environment ....it's really beautiful gift of god

  • @wearealljustclowns
    @wearealljustclowns 5 років тому +2

    Narrator please less Batman voice next time. Felt like The Rock was going to appear in an action sequence with the bug

  • @emmijames3990
    @emmijames3990 4 роки тому

    I saw two fireflies in my house.

  • @kathlynemarkham3119
    @kathlynemarkham3119 2 роки тому

    Gorgeousness✨

  • @sadabahargeet6405
    @sadabahargeet6405 4 роки тому

    Nature is beautiful

  • @johnnynotty
    @johnnynotty 5 років тому

    STUNNING STUNNING STUNNING

  • @zackerylamb1045
    @zackerylamb1045 3 роки тому

    I’ve never actually seen a live firefly before- still hoping to one day

  • @DougGrinbergs
    @DougGrinbergs 5 років тому +1

    Confused about video dynamic range: seems like lantern light would be so much brighter than fireflies - way overexposed vs. fireflies. Anyway, guessing some very fast lens used.

    • @BlakeCongdon
      @BlakeCongdon 5 років тому +2

      Doug Grinbergs Hello, I’m the film director. Actually the firefly and the lantern are about the same brightness. The lantern is turned to a very low setting. The footage reproduces closely the experience of what you would see with your own human eyes looking at the scene, once they are acclimated to the darkness for a few hours that is.

  • @Electronicview
    @Electronicview 5 років тому

    wow beauty

  • @MrMasterchickenLP
    @MrMasterchickenLP 5 років тому

    Stunning footage

  • @NextGenAge
    @NextGenAge 5 років тому +1

    Turn off the lantern! You are there to observe the firefly dance without polluting their space with artificial light, have some respect. Imagine if this becomes a touristic thing and they only have one day of the year with right conditions and people mess it up..

  • @ElowenFaye
    @ElowenFaye 4 роки тому

    Dear National Geographic, may I ask who composed the beautiful music? (around minute 2 ff.)

  • @DebBan
    @DebBan 5 років тому +1

    I remembered Owlcity.

  • @zaimabdrrahm9062
    @zaimabdrrahm9062 5 років тому

    Beautiful night

  • @beeamerica5024
    @beeamerica5024 5 років тому

    Wow awesome

  • @sintupandit4819
    @sintupandit4819 5 років тому

    Amazing video its looks like star have come down to earth. During night time.

  • @dodecaheathenblue8132
    @dodecaheathenblue8132 5 років тому

    Only one hour a year- and you'll see them IF , if I happen to choose the RIGHT spot to see it..?? In the Dense Mexican Desert...?? ODDS ARE; this May be the ONE- I can cross- off of my Bucket !list..and feel okay about missing it!!!

  • @sethsamuel6357
    @sethsamuel6357 5 років тому

    Quite a misleading title.

  • @ember1088
    @ember1088 5 років тому

    Hermoso Mexico 🇲🇽

  • @expectthebow6871
    @expectthebow6871 4 роки тому +1

    That narrator's voice..
    Uh, yeah..
    Take notes.. All others.

  • @nerdengneer...6032
    @nerdengneer...6032 5 років тому

    Marvellous💚