Talk:Accelerating dark adaptation in humans
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Cones vs. rods - peak sensitivity of rhodopsin
[edit]In section "Red lights and lenses", subsection "Cones vs. rods", it is stated "...rhodopsin, which has a peak sensitivity at a wavelength of approximately 530 nanometers..." However, the accompanying chart shoes a peak sensitivity of 498 nanometers. A random google check seems to confirm this (saying the peak is 496). Knowing nothing about this area, I hesitate to change it, but which is correct? --Larry/Traveling_Man (talk) 02:58, 19 November 2017 (UTC)
- Sensitivity of rhodopsin is not the only factor that affects the sensitivity of the retina to light, so these numbers need not be identical. For example, shorter wavelengths are absorbed or scattered more as they pass through biological tissues, so the spectrum of light reaching the retina is not the same as that entering it. Klbrain (talk) 12:50, 18 March 2018 (UTC)
night vision training
[edit]Please add information about unaided night vision training and applications, such as military watches at sea in World War 2.-73.61.15.43 (talk) 16:10, 11 December 2017 (UTC)
- Sounds like a good idea; any suitable references? If so, might be worth adding them to the talk page at Talk:Adaptation (eye), or edit the article there directly. Klbrain (talk) 12:51, 18 March 2018 (UTC)