My better half was out exercising tonight, and on her return said she had seen a strange phenomemon. I went out to see where the aliens had landed, and sure enough, in the verge, nestling amongst the lantana, there was a strange glow on the ground. There were also a few fireflies flitting around.
Back a few minutes later with the trusty EOS 300D, and I was busy trying to get some shots of what it was causing the glow. "Alien's bones" was my first thought, but could it be that someone had carelessly left some plutonium around? I couldn't get very close, due to a fence, grass 1.5m high, a ditch, and the aforementioned lantana, not to mention clouds of voracious mosquitos, midges and the like, but I managed a few shots.
Back at my computer, I decided to look and see, before ringing NASA or Emergency Services.
Well, what a let down!! Luminous fungi, that's all.
I have to say that I have never seen it before, but apparently, it's not uncommon in NSW and Qld in rainforests. It's called
Mycena chlorophanos, and a link to the details is
here if anyone is interested. I shall have a look at it in daylight tomorrow. I might also add that we are certainly not rainforest here in Brissy's Western Suburbs, but with all the rain lately, it is pretty wet.