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Self-Glimmering Plants Cultivated by Magicpen Bio - China

A reseacher checks the growth of seedlings at the laboratory of Magicpen Bio in Hefei, east China's Anhui Province, December 3, 2025. Chinese researchers have successfully cultivated a number of gene-edited plants that steadily glimmer in dark environments. They managed to introduce gene fragments from organisms such as fireflies into plant cells, allowing the latter to glimmer by themselves. Photo by Xinhua/Zhang Duan/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Self-Glimmering Plants Cultivated by Magicpen Bio - China

A researcher prepares to transfer a tray of self-glimmering plants into a dark room for observation at the laboratory of Magicpen Bio in Hefei, east China's Anhui Province, December 3, 2025. Chinese researchers have successfully cultivated a number of gene-edited plants that steadily glimmer in dark environments. They managed to introduce gene fragments from organisms such as fireflies into plant cells, allowing the latter to glimmer by themselves. Photo by Xinhua/Zhang Duan/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Self-Glimmering Plants Cultivated by Magicpen Bio - China

A reseacher checks the growth of seedlings at the laboratory of Magicpen Bio in Hefei, east China's Anhui Province, December 3, 2025. Chinese researchers have successfully cultivated a number of gene-edited plants that steadily glimmer in dark environments. They managed to introduce gene fragments from organisms such as fireflies into plant cells, allowing the latter to glimmer by themselves. Photo by Xinhua/Zhang Duan/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Self-Glimmering Plants Cultivated by Magicpen Bio - China

A reseacher checks the growth of seedlings at the laboratory of Magicpen Bio in Hefei, east China's Anhui Province, December 3, 2025. Chinese researchers have successfully cultivated a number of gene-edited plants that steadily glimmer in dark environments. They managed to introduce gene fragments from organisms such as fireflies into plant cells, allowing the latter to glimmer by themselves. Photo by Xinhua/Zhang Duan/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Self-Glimmering Plants Cultivated by Magicpen Bio - China

A reseacher checks the growth of seedlings at the laboratory of Magicpen Bio in Hefei, east China's Anhui Province, December 3, 2025. Chinese researchers have successfully cultivated a number of gene-edited plants that steadily glimmer in dark environments. They managed to introduce gene fragments from organisms such as fireflies into plant cells, allowing the latter to glimmer by themselves. Photo by Xinhua/Zhang Duan/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Self-Glimmering Plants Cultivated by Magicpen Bio - China

This photo taken on December 3, 2025 shows self-glimmering sunflowers cultivated by Magicpen Bio in Hefei, east China's Anhui Province. Chinese researchers have successfully cultivated a number of gene-edited plants that steadily glimmer in dark environments. They managed to introduce gene fragments from organisms such as fireflies into plant cells, allowing the latter to glimmer by themselves. Photo by Xinhua/Zhang Duan/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Self-Glimmering Plants Cultivated by Magicpen Bio - China

This undated file photo shows self-glimmering plants cultivated by Magicpen Bio in Hefei, east China's Anhui Province. Chinese researchers have successfully cultivated a number of gene-edited plants that steadily glimmer in dark environments. They managed to introduce gene fragments from organisms such as fireflies into plant cells, allowing the latter to glimmer by themselves. (Magicpen Bio/Handout via Xinhua)

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Self-Glimmering Plants Cultivated by Magicpen Bio - China

This undated file photo shows self-glimmering plants cultivated by Magicpen Bio in Hefei, east China's Anhui Province. Chinese researchers have successfully cultivated a number of gene-edited plants that steadily glimmer in dark environments. They managed to introduce gene fragments from organisms such as fireflies into plant cells, allowing the latter to glimmer by themselves. (Magicpen Bio/Handout via Xinhua)

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Animator, Studio Ghibli co-founder Takahata's exhibition in Paris

People view works by late Japanese animation director Isao Takahata at an exhibition dedicated to his works and life in Paris on Dec. 6, 2025. The event marks the first major European retrospective of Takahata, who co-founded Studio Ghibli and directed the award-winning animation "Grave of the Fireflies."

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Animator, Studio Ghibli co-founder Takahata's exhibition in Paris

People view works by late Japanese animation director Isao Takahata at an exhibition dedicated to his works and life in Paris on Dec. 6, 2025. The event marks the first major European retrospective of Takahata, who co-founded Studio Ghibli and directed the award-winning animation "Grave of the Fireflies."

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Animator, Studio Ghibli co-founder Takahata's exhibition in Paris

People view works by late Japanese animation director Isao Takahata at an exhibition dedicated to his works and life in Paris on Dec. 6, 2025. The event marks the first major European retrospective of Takahata, who co-founded Studio Ghibli and directed the award-winning animation "Grave of the Fireflies."

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Bioluminescent Plankton Light Up The Galicia Coast - Spain

A person in the Sea of Ardora on the beach of Carnota, on August 7, 2024, in Carnota, A Coruña, Galicia, Spain. The Sea of Ardora is a natural phenomenon in which the sea water glows with a bluish hue in the darkness of the night. This spectacle is due to bioluminescent microorganisms, specifically the dinoflagellate Noctiluca Scintillans and other species of microalgae, where the organisms emit light as a result of internal chemical reactions, creating the characteristic luminous effect in the water. When there is a high density of microalgae and the water is agitated, this reaction that generates the blue glow occurs, a reaction similar to that which occurs in terrestrial fireflies. Photo by Elena Fernandez/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Bioluminescent Plankton Light Up The Galicia Coast - Spain

View of the Sea of Ardora on the beach of Carnota, on August 7, 2024, in Carnota, A Coruña, Galicia, Spain. The Sea of Ardora is a natural phenomenon in which the sea water glows with a bluish hue in the darkness of the night. This spectacle is due to bioluminescent microorganisms, specifically the dinoflagellate Noctiluca Scintillans and other species of microalgae, where the organisms emit light as a result of internal chemical reactions, creating the characteristic luminous effect in the water. When there is a high density of microalgae and the water is agitated, this reaction that generates the blue glow occurs, a reaction similar to that which occurs in terrestrial fireflies. Photo by Elena Fernandez/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Bioluminescent Plankton Light Up The Galicia Coast - Spain

A person in the Sea of Ardora on the beach of Carnota, on August 7, 2024, in Carnota, A Coruña, Galicia, Spain. The Sea of Ardora is a natural phenomenon in which the sea water glows with a bluish hue in the darkness of the night. This spectacle is due to bioluminescent microorganisms, specifically the dinoflagellate Noctiluca Scintillans and other species of microalgae, where the organisms emit light as a result of internal chemical reactions, creating the characteristic luminous effect in the water. When there is a high density of microalgae and the water is agitated, this reaction that generates the blue glow occurs, a reaction similar to that which occurs in terrestrial fireflies. Photo by Elena Fernandez/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Bioluminescent Plankton Light Up The Galicia Coast - Spain

A person in the Sea of Ardora on the beach of Carnota, on August 7, 2024, in Carnota, A Coruña, Galicia, Spain. The Sea of Ardora is a natural phenomenon in which the sea water glows with a bluish hue in the darkness of the night. This spectacle is due to bioluminescent microorganisms, specifically the dinoflagellate Noctiluca Scintillans and other species of microalgae, where the organisms emit light as a result of internal chemical reactions, creating the characteristic luminous effect in the water. When there is a high density of microalgae and the water is agitated, this reaction that generates the blue glow occurs, a reaction similar to that which occurs in terrestrial fireflies. Photo by Elena Fernandez/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Bioluminescent Plankton Light Up The Galicia Coast - Spain

View of the Sea of Ardora on the beach of Carnota, on August 7, 2024, in Carnota, A Coruña, Galicia, Spain. The Sea of Ardora is a natural phenomenon in which the sea water glows with a bluish hue in the darkness of the night. This spectacle is due to bioluminescent microorganisms, specifically the dinoflagellate Noctiluca Scintillans and other species of microalgae, where the organisms emit light as a result of internal chemical reactions, creating the characteristic luminous effect in the water. When there is a high density of microalgae and the water is agitated, this reaction that generates the blue glow occurs, a reaction similar to that which occurs in terrestrial fireflies. Photo by Elena Fernandez/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM Photo by Elena Fernandez/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Bioluminescent Plankton Light Up The Galicia Coast - Spain

View of the Sea of Ardora on the beach of Carnota, on August 7, 2024, in Carnota, A Coruña, Galicia, Spain. The Sea of Ardora is a natural phenomenon in which the sea water glows with a bluish hue in the darkness of the night. This spectacle is due to bioluminescent microorganisms, specifically the dinoflagellate Noctiluca Scintillans and other species of microalgae, where the organisms emit light as a result of internal chemical reactions, creating the characteristic luminous effect in the water. When there is a high density of microalgae and the water is agitated, this reaction that generates the blue glow occurs, a reaction similar to that which occurs in terrestrial fireflies. Photo by Elena Fernandez/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Bioluminescent Plankton Light Up The Galicia Coast - Spain

A couple in the Sea of Ardora on the beach of Carnota, on August 7, 2024, in Carnota, A Coruña, Galicia, Spain. The Sea of Ardora is a natural phenomenon in which the sea water glows with a bluish hue in the darkness of the night. This spectacle is due to bioluminescent microorganisms, specifically the dinoflagellate Noctiluca Scintillans and other species of microalgae, where the organisms emit light as a result of internal chemical reactions, creating the characteristic luminous effect in the water. When there is a high density of microalgae and the water is agitated, this reaction that generates the blue glow occurs, a reaction similar to that which occurs in terrestrial fireflies. Photo by Elena Fernandez/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Bioluminescent Plankton Light Up The Galicia Coast - Spain

A person in the Sea of Ardora on the beach of Carnota, on August 7, 2024, in Carnota, A Coruña, Galicia, Spain. The Sea of Ardora is a natural phenomenon in which the sea water glows with a bluish hue in the darkness of the night. This spectacle is due to bioluminescent microorganisms, specifically the dinoflagellate Noctiluca Scintillans and other species of microalgae, where the organisms emit light as a result of internal chemical reactions, creating the characteristic luminous effect in the water. When there is a high density of microalgae and the water is agitated, this reaction that generates the blue glow occurs, a reaction similar to that which occurs in terrestrial fireflies. Photo by Elena Fernandez/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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THE PHILIPPINES-QUEZON CITY-EARTH DAY

(240421) -- QUEZON CITY, April 21, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A man wearing a costume made with recycled materials participates in the 23rd Tour of the Fireflies in Quezon City, the Philippines, on April 21, 2024. (Xinhua/Rouelle Umali)

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CHINA-GUANGDONG-SHENZHEN-XICHONG COMMUNITY-INT'L DARK SKY COMMUNITY (CN)

(230407) -- SHENZHEN, April 7, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photomontage taken on Feb. 24, 2023 shows the Shenzhen Astronomical Observatory against the starry sky in Shenzhen, south China's Guangdong Province. Certified by the International Dark-Sky Association (IDA), Xichong community in Shenzhen, south china's Guangdong Province, has become an International Dark Sky Community in China. The community is dedicated to protecting the dark sky, preserving the local nighttime ecological environment, and creating a beautiful dark sky community environment with quality artificial lighting accompanied by flying fireflies, according to IDA. (Photo by Lu Miao/Xinhua)

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CHINA-GUANGDONG-SHENZHEN-XICHONG COMMUNITY-INT'L DARK SKY COMMUNITY (CN)

(230407) -- SHENZHEN, April 7, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photomontage taken on Nov. 29, 2022 shows the Shenzhen Astronomical Observatory against the starry sky in Shenzhen, south China's Guangdong Province. Certified by the International Dark-Sky Association (IDA), Xichong community in Shenzhen, south china's Guangdong Province, has become an International Dark Sky Community in China. The community is dedicated to protecting the dark sky, preserving the local nighttime ecological environment, and creating a beautiful dark sky community environment with quality artificial lighting accompanied by flying fireflies, according to IDA. (Photo by Lu Miao/Xinhua)

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CHINA-GUANGDONG-SHENZHEN-XICHONG COMMUNITY-INT'L DARK SKY COMMUNITY (CN)

(230407) -- SHENZHEN, April 7, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photomontage taken on April 6, 2023 shows the star trails above Xichong community in Shenzhen, south China's Guangdong Province. Certified by the International Dark-Sky Association (IDA), Xichong community in Shenzhen, south china's Guangdong Province, has become an International Dark Sky Community in China. The community is dedicated to protecting the dark sky, preserving the local nighttime ecological environment, and creating a beautiful dark sky community environment with quality artificial lighting accompanied by flying fireflies, according to IDA. (Photo by Li Delai/Xinhua)

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CHINA-GUANGDONG-SHENZHEN-XICHONG COMMUNITY-INT'L DARK SKY COMMUNITY (CN)

(230407) -- SHENZHEN, April 7, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photomontage taken on July 7, 2021 shows the Shenzhen Astronomical Observatory and flying fireflies in Shenzhen, south China's Guangdong Province. Certified by the International Dark-Sky Association (IDA), Xichong community in Shenzhen, south china's Guangdong Province, has become an International Dark Sky Community in China. The community is dedicated to protecting the dark sky, preserving the local nighttime ecological environment, and creating a beautiful dark sky community environment with quality artificial lighting accompanied by flying fireflies, according to IDA. (Photo by Zeng Yuepeng/Xinhua)

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CHINA-GUANGDONG-SHENZHEN-XICHONG COMMUNITY-INT'L DARK SKY COMMUNITY (CN)

(230407) -- SHENZHEN, April 7, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photomontage taken on June 11, 2022 shows flying fireflies in dark at Xichong community in Shenzhen, south China's Guangdong Province. Certified by the International Dark-Sky Association (IDA), Xichong community in Shenzhen, south china's Guangdong Province, has become an International Dark Sky Community in China. The community is dedicated to protecting the dark sky, preserving the local nighttime ecological environment, and creating a beautiful dark sky community environment with quality artificial lighting accompanied by flying fireflies, according to IDA. (Photo by Zeng Yuepeng/Xinhua)

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CHINA-GUANGDONG-SHENZHEN-XICHONG COMMUNITY-INT'L DARK SKY COMMUNITY (CN)

(230407) -- SHENZHEN, April 7, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photomontage taken on June 24, 2022 shows the Milky Way galaxy above Xichong community in Shenzhen, south China's Guangdong Province. Certified by the International Dark-Sky Association (IDA), Xichong community in Shenzhen, south china's Guangdong Province, has become an International Dark Sky Community in China. The community is dedicated to protecting the dark sky, preserving the local nighttime ecological environment, and creating a beautiful dark sky community environment with quality artificial lighting accompanied by flying fireflies, according to IDA. (Photo by Tang Baihong/Xinhua)

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CHINA-GUANGDONG-SHENZHEN-XICHONG COMMUNITY-INT'L DARK SKY COMMUNITY (CN)

(230407) -- SHENZHEN, April 7, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photomontage taken on Dec. 7, 2021 shows a comet streaking across the night sky over Shenzhen, south China's Guangdong Province. Certified by the International Dark-Sky Association (IDA), Xichong community in Shenzhen, south china's Guangdong Province, has become an International Dark Sky Community in China. The community is dedicated to protecting the dark sky, preserving the local nighttime ecological environment, and creating a beautiful dark sky community environment with quality artificial lighting accompanied by flying fireflies, according to IDA. (Photo by Zeng Yuepeng/Xinhua)

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CHINA-GUANGDONG-SHENZHEN-XICHONG COMMUNITY-INT'L DARK SKY COMMUNITY (CN)

(230407) -- SHENZHEN, April 7, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photomontage taken on June 29, 2022 shows the Milky Way galaxy above the Shenzhen Astronomical Observatory in Shenzhen, south China's Guangdong Province. Certified by the International Dark-Sky Association (IDA), Xichong community in Shenzhen, south china's Guangdong Province, has become an International Dark Sky Community in China. The community is dedicated to protecting the dark sky, preserving the local nighttime ecological environment, and creating a beautiful dark sky community environment with quality artificial lighting accompanied by flying fireflies, according to IDA. (Photo by Li Delai/Xinhua)

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Nobel winner returns to sea firefly island

ONOMICHI, Japan - Osamu Shimomura, a Nobel laureate in chemistry, explains how to catch sea fireflies with a trap during an observation event on Sept. 24, 2013 on Kone Island in Onomichi, Hiroshima Prefecture.

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Nobel winner returns to sea firefly island

ONOMICHI, Japan - Osamu Shimomura (C), a Nobel laureate in chemistry, explains how to trap sea fireflies to participants in an observation event on Sept. 24, 2013 on Kone Island in Onomichi, Hiroshima Prefecture.

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LED 'fireflies' light up Tokyo river

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows Tokyo Sky Tree in Tokyo's Taito Ward towering over the Sumida River, with its surface lit up in blue by 100,000 light-emitting diode bulbs, mimicking fireflies, during an event called "Tokyo Firefly" on the night of May 25, 2013. Participants bought LED bulbs measuring 8.5 centimeters in diameter, each containing a solar panel and a rechargeable battery, and threw them into the river. The bulbs were collected by fishermen using a net downstream for reuse.

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'LED fireflies' light up Tokyo river

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows Tokyo Sky Tree in Tokyo's Taito Ward towering over the Sumida River, with its surface lit up in blue by 100,000 bulbs containing light-emitting diodes, mimicking fireflies, during an event called ''Tokyo Firefly'' on May 6, 2012. Participants bought bulbs measuring 8.5 centimeters in diameter, each containing an LED charged with solar power, and threw them into the river. The bulbs were collected by the organizers using a net downstream.

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'LED fireflies' light up Tokyo river

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows Tokyo Sky Tree in Tokyo's Taito Ward towering over the Sumida River, with its surface lit up in blue by 100,000 bulbs containing light-emitting diodes, mimicking fireflies, during an event called ''Tokyo Firefly'' on May 6, 2012. Participants bought bulbs measuring 8.5 centimeters in diameter, each containing an LED charged with solar power, and threw them into the river. The bulbs were collected by the organizers using a net downstream.

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'LED fireflies' light up Tokyo river

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the Sumida River in Tokyo's Taito Ward with its surface lit up in blue by 100,000 bulbs containing light-emitting diodes, mimicking fireflies, during an event called ''Tokyo Firefly'' on May 6, 2012. Participants bought bulbs measuring 8.5 centimeters in diameter, each containing an LED charged with solar power, and threw them into the river. The bulbs were collected by the organizers using a net downstream.

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Fireflies In The Garden (2008)

Hayden Panettiere Characters: Young Jane Lawrence Film: Fireflies In The Garden (USA 2008) Director: Dennis Lee 10 February 2008 Date: 10 February 2008

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Fireflies In The Garden (2008)

Hayden Panettiere & Cayden Boyd Characters: Young Jane Lawrence, Young Michael Waechter Film: Fireflies In The Garden (USA 2008) Director: Dennis Lee 10 February 2008 Date: 10 February 2008

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Fireflies In The Garden (2008)

Willem Dafoe & Julia Roberts Characters: Charles Waechter, Lisa Waechter Film: Fireflies In The Garden (USA 2008) Director: Dennis Lee 10 February 2008 FIREFLIES IN THE GARDEN, Willem Dafoe, Julia Roberts, 2008.

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Fireflies In The Garden (2008)

Ryan Reynolds Characters: Michael Waechter Film: Fireflies In The Garden (USA 2008) Director: Dennis Lee 10 February 2008 Date: 10 February 2008

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Fireflies In The Garden (2008)

Willem Dafoe & Cayden Boyd Characters: Charles Waechter, Young Michael Waechter Film: Fireflies In The Garden (USA 2008) Director: Dennis Lee 10 February 2008 Date: 10 February 2008

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Fireflies In The Garden (2008)

Hayden Panettiere Characters: Young Jane Lawrence Film: Fireflies In The Garden (USA 2008) Director: Dennis Lee 10 February 2008 Date: 10 February 2008

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Fireflies In The Garden (2008)

Ryan Reynolds Characters: Michael Waechter Film: Fireflies In The Garden (USA 2008) Director: Dennis Lee 10 February 2008 Date: 10 February 2008

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Fireflies In The Garden (2008)

Julia Roberts Characters: Lisa Waechter Film: Fireflies In The Garden (USA 2008) Director: Dennis Lee 10 February 2008 Date: 10 February 2008

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Fireflies In The Garden (2008)

Willem Dafoe Characters: Charles Waechter Film: Fireflies In The Garden (USA 2008) Director: Dennis Lee 10 February 2008 Date: 10 February 2008

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Fireflies In The Garden (2008)

Julia Roberts Characters: Lisa Waechter Film: Fireflies In The Garden (USA 2008) Director: Dennis Lee 10 February 2008 Date: 10 February 2008

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Fireflies In The Garden (2008)

Cayden Boyd & Hayden Panettiere Characters: Young Michael Waechter, Young Jane Lawrence Film: Fireflies In The Garden (USA 2008) Director: Dennis Lee 10 February 2008 Date: 10 February 2008

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Fireflies In The Garden (2008)

Cayden Boyd & Willem Dafoe Characters: Young Michael Waechter, Charles Waechter Film: Fireflies In The Garden (USA 2008) Director: Dennis Lee 10 February 2008 Date: 10 February 2008

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Fireflies In The Garden (2008)

Hayden Panettiere Characters: Young Jane Lawrence Film: Fireflies In The Garden (USA 2008) Director: Dennis Lee 10 February 2008 Date: 10 February 2008

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Fireflies In The Garden (2008)

Julia Roberts & Cayden Boyd Characters: Lisa Waechter, Young Michael Waechter Film: Fireflies In The Garden (USA 2008) Director: Dennis Lee 10 February 2008 Date: 10 February 2008

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Fireflies In The Garden (2008)

Cayden Boyd & Julia Roberts Characters: Young Michael Waechter & Lisa Waechter Film: Fireflies In The Garden (USA 2008) Director: Dennis Lee 10 February 2008 Date: 10 February 2008

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Fireflies In The Garden (2008)

Ryan Reynolds & Carrie-Anne Moss Characters: Michael Waechter & Kelly Hanson Film: Fireflies In The Garden (USA 2008) Director: Dennis Lee 10 February 2008 Date: 10 February 2008