vithigar comments on Runes

[–] vithigar@lemmy.ca 14 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Isn't the blue glow only present under water (or other transparent medium with a similarly high index of refraction)?

[–] traceur201@piefed.social 29 points 1 year ago (1 child)

It's technically slightly visible in air; if actually visible at all in air it means the level of radiation is ludicrously deadly

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[–] starman2112@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

It's not so much that it's visible in air, it's just that your eyes have water in them

So yeah, if you can see Cherenkov radiation outside of a pool of water, then that means the only thing attenuating the radiation is your eyeballs

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