<img class="styles__noscript__2rw2y" src="https://dsx.weather.com//util/image/w/1_caters_fireflies_at_night_02.jpg?v=at&w=485&h=273&api=7db9fe61-7414-47b5-9871-e17d87b8b6a0" srcset="https://dsx.weather.com//util/image/w/1_caters_fireflies_at_night_02.jpg?v=at&w=485&h=273&api=7db9fe61-7414-47b5-9871-e17d87b8b6a0 400w, https://dsx.weather.com//util/image/w/1_caters_fireflies_at_night_02.jpg?v=ap&w=980&h=551&api=7db9fe61-7414-47b5-9871-e17d87b8b6a0 800w" > 1 of 7 Fireflies around a tractor under a starlit sky. Taken by photographer Adam Dorn, 29, these beautiful, surreal photographs show a valley brimming with fireflies. (Caters News)

Photographer Adam Dorn patiently waited to capture the glowing lights of fireflies under a starry night sky.

The result shows stunning images of light flowing throughout the fields of Elmwood, Wis. Such photographs not only require a photographer's skill, but also perfect weather conditions. Dorn paid close attention to the movement of the Milky Way, studied the moon phase and learned about when the fireflies would be the most active. The sky must be dark and clear enough to freeze the stars and the milky way, but to capture the fireflies, the weather has to be warm and humid.

"I knew everything had to come together for this one perfect moment in time," Dorn said. "Where life itself would illuminate and create it's own light from within, mimicking the very light that sustains all life on our planet."

Dorn, a self-taught photographer, discovered the valley of firefly lights while fly fishing , according to Caters News Agency. He quickly abandoned the fishing and went to the valley, spending half the night photographing the glowing fireflies. One year later, he returned to the same location to capture more images.

"Since then I had created ideas and visions for a photo of a field full of firefles with the galactic heart of our Milky Way galaxy in the distant sky," Dorn said. "All these elements had to come together, along with the significant population of fireflies. It was a lot of careful planning."

In the editing process, Dorn merges and aligns about 10 to 20 photos together, because a camera wouldn't be able to capture the glowing movement in just a single shot.

"Watching these creatures create their own light in the darkness was something magical," said Dorn. "Almost an out of this world feeling. As if they faded into stars, creating their own sustaining light."

Not all species of fireflies produce a glow. However, those that do, use their glows to attract females. According to Smithsonian.com , each species has its own unique pattern of light flashing. A chemical reaction inside the firefliy's light organ produces the glow, called biolumniescence.

"The thought of capturing light glowing from within a living creature, the very thing that sustains life, just resonated with me," said Dorn. "I had to capture this feeling it gave me, this sense of awe for this world and the universe we live in."