--- description: But seriously, it's pretty mesmerizing title: This Stunning Time-Lapse Video Of Fireflies Will Remind You Why Nature Is Awesome image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # This Stunning Time-Lapse Video Of Fireflies Will Remind You Why Nature Is Awesome by [Samantha Grossman](/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 28, 2014 4:30 PM CUT by [Samantha Grossman](/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 28, 2014 4:30 PM CUT Fireflies are pretty captivating when watched with the naked eye, but in this time-lapse video, they become even more stunning. Photographer Vincent Brady created this project after becoming fascinated with fireflies as an artistic subject a few years back. The video [description](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4pWAxnfL8w "undefined") explains a bit more: --- > “” --- The music you hear in the video was composed by Brady’s friend, Brandon McCoy, specifically for this project. It definitely contributes to the whole feeling-at-one-with-nature thing. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/41757/fireflies-time-lapse-video/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/41757/fireflies-time-lapse-video/"},"headline":"This Stunning Time-Lapse Video Of Fireflies Will Remind You Why Nature Is Awesome","datePublished":"2014-03-28T16:30:31.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:08:18.809Z","description":"But seriously, it's pretty mesmerizing","url":"https://time.com/41757/fireflies-time-lapse-video/","keywords":["Newsfeed","viral","Videos","Time-lapse","nature"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Samantha Grossman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/41757/fireflies-time-lapse-video/","name":"This Stunning Time-Lapse Video Of Fireflies Will Remind You Why Nature Is Awesome"}}]}] ```