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https://www.nationalgeographic.com/photography/article/glowing-flowers-ultraviolet-light?linkId=838005280
minus-squareflambonkscious@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 month agoThat’s great! Any guesses what the bottom bars are about on either side of the ‘heart thing’?
minus-squareTechranger@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 month agoSaddam Hussein in UV light.
minus-squareSoleInvictus@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoI spent like twenty minutes looking. I’m stumped!
minus-squareayyy@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoIt’s very unclear/nonsensical
minus-squarefunkless_eck@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month 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-up3·1 month 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.
I spent like twenty minutes looking. I’m stumped!
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It’s very unclear/nonsensical
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…