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https://www.nationalgeographic.com/photography/article/glowing-flowers-ultraviolet-light?linkId=838005280
minus-squarefossilesque@mander.xyzOPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up86·edit-23 months ago Yee. I saved this image for a Caption this.
minus-squareflambonkscious@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·3 months agoThat’s great! Any guesses what the bottom bars are about on either side of the ‘heart thing’?
minus-squareTechranger@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·3 months agoSaddam Hussein in UV light.
minus-squareayyy@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 months agoIt’s very unclear/nonsensical
minus-squareSoleInvictus@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 months agoI spent like twenty minutes looking. I’m stumped!
minus-squarefunkless_eck@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 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-up3·3 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…
Yee. I saved this image for a Caption this.
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!
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…