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the unseen worlds (lemmynsfw.com)

submitted 5 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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https://www.nationalgeographic.com/photography/article/glowing-flowers-ultraviolet-light?linkId=838005280

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 days ago (4 children)

That's great! Any guesses what the bottom bars are about on either side of the 'heart thing'?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 days ago

Saddam Hussein in UV light.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 days ago

It’s very unclear/nonsensical

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I spent like twenty minutes looking. I'm stumped!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 days ago (1 children)

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"

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 days ago

It seems to be a commonly used image stolen from Klaus Schmidt https://photographyoftheinvisibleworld.blogspot.com/search/label/bird%20vision but strangely none seem to have the lower bit. How odd...