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rcm718 t1_j6oazxi wrote
Reply to comment by dan5280 in ELI5 why do your eyes adjust so fast to bright light but so slowly to darkness? by melig1991
But why use a green light instead of red?
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Reply to comment by A--Creative-Username in ELI5 why do your eyes adjust so fast to bright light but so slowly to darkness? by melig1991
If it ends up being more than a pee, do you also say "bombs away"?
rcm718 t1_j2b8xbz wrote
Reply to comment by EnricoPin in ELI5: Alzheimer's is dementia, but not all dementia is Alzheimer's. So what is the difference? by degobrah
Once you've excluded all other causes, it must necessarily be that cause, no?
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Reply to comment by RedTextureLab in ELI5: Why do squirrels spin their tail before jumping? by twitter001
Ludicrous speed, go!
rcm718 t1_j6ogt3d wrote
Reply to comment by dan5280 in ELI5 why do your eyes adjust so fast to bright light but so slowly to darkness? by melig1991
I mean, I am a scientist and I don't know. ¯_(ツ)_/¯ But like you said, maybe it has to do with the goggles being sensitive to infrared and red is close enough in wavelength to infrared that it can overload the gogs.
As long as we're speculating - here's a substantially unsubstantiated web page about it. It says green light at low levels also doesn't mess up night vision. And green can be used at lower brightness, has better contrast and color discrimination, and is better for common tasks like reading maps.