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https://www.nationalgeographic.com/photography/article/glowing-flowers-ultraviolet-light?linkId=838005280
minus-squareflambonkscious@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 months agoThat’s great! Any guesses what the bottom bars are about on either side of the ‘heart thing’?
minus-squareTechranger@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 months agoSaddam Hussein in UV light.
minus-squareayyy@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoIt’s very unclear/nonsensical
minus-squareSoleInvictus@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoI spent like twenty minutes looking. I’m stumped!
minus-squarefunkless_eck@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoCone count is my guess. Of the photoreceptors in the eye - Rods see in low-light and cones see in color. Some animals lack or have different cones compared to humans. Hence why bees can see “bee purple”
minus-squareflambonkscious@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 months agoIt seems to be a commonly used image stolen from Klaus Schmidt https://photographyoftheinvisibleworld.blogspot.com/search/label/bird vision but strangely none seem to have the lower bit. How odd…
That’s great! Any guesses what the bottom bars are about on either side of the ‘heart thing’?
Saddam Hussein in UV light.
It’s very unclear/nonsensical
I spent like twenty minutes looking. I’m stumped!
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Cone count is my guess. Of the photoreceptors in the eye - Rods see in low-light and cones see in color. Some animals lack or have different cones compared to humans. Hence why bees can see “bee purple”
It seems to be a commonly used image stolen from Klaus Schmidt https://photographyoftheinvisibleworld.blogspot.com/search/label/bird vision but strangely none seem to have the lower bit. How odd…