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[–] [email protected] 36 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Is this also how some animals see them?

[–] [email protected] 88 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (2 children)

Yee. I saved this image for a Caption this.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 4 days ago

"Bird Vision activate!"

Walks straight into glass door

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 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 3 days ago

Saddam Hussein in UV light.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago

It’s very unclear/nonsensical

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 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 4 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...

[–] [email protected] 12 points 4 days ago

Technically no, this photographer is putting flowers under a blacklight and photographing them, resulting in a picture of basically what a human would see IRL in that scenario (aside from things like contrast/exposure variances, etc). It's not really the same as what UV sensing animals would see. These photos are of regions of the flower converting UV light into human-visible visible light (via fluorescence, same thing as a blacklight poster). UV sensing animals are seeing actual ultraviolet being reflected by the flower as well as visible light, so it's not the same thing.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 4 days ago

Top left thing: "I bring you love!"

Lenny: "It's bringing love! Break its legs!"

[–] [email protected] 18 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Flowers? Banal. Boring. Do hotdog!

[–] [email protected] 15 points 4 days ago

Hotdog? Banal. Boring. Do a kickflip

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 days ago
[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 days ago

Was wondering why this sounded familiar, saw the article was from 7 years ago (2018) and now I understand, lol.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 days ago (2 children)

What if the subjectisn't a flower? Skin cancer?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 days ago

It’s just a normal “black light” like at a dance party, or mini golf course, or like the little flashlights they use to check money and ID cards.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago

Depends on the wavelength. Could be skin cancer, vitamin D, nothing, or your manicure is done

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 days ago (2 children)

I need to get a UV filter for my camera...

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 days ago (2 children)

You don't need a filter. You need a source of UV light. Plants shine in visible spectrum after being treated with UV. It doesn't last long tho.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago

I got a full spectrum converted nex6 in April so I've been looking around at filters

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Isn't the sun a source of UV light?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago
[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago

Yes, but the visible light will overpower the glow.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago

I need to get UV cone surgery for my eyes. I want to be able to see these colors naturally, not have them fluoresce into a spectrum of colors I already can see.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

That is just remarkable. Augmented glasses that can process this spectrum IRL when? So cool the things just beneath it all

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago

just get yourself a UV flashlight, or bring some flowers to your nearest laser tag arena. this is just how stuff looks under blacklight sometimes (which isn't to say it isn't cool, just that you don't need fancy tech to see it),