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

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[-] [email protected] 88 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Yee. I saved this image for a Caption this.

[-] [email protected] 17 points 2 weeks ago

"Bird Vision activate!"

Walks straight into glass door

[-] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago

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

[-] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago

Saddam Hussein in UV light.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

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

[-] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

It’s very unclear/nonsensical

[-] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

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 2 weeks 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...

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