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The Will of the Wisp
Anaerobic microbes can make another byproduct when they're out there eating stuff called phosphine. Some people think that all these compounds in the bog could be creating something called chemiluminescence, which is just a reaction that makes light instead of heat. And some people actually think it is just fireflies, which I think is bullsh**. But like a plume of fire is something like the mental image of that with a bunch of fireflies. Yes. It's a summer night in a field. How beautiful, how quite how gorgeous.
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