andrewta@lemmy.world to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 6 months agoWhy does the aurora borealis appear to be white in the sky but in pictures it has nice coloration?message-squaremessage-square14fedilinkarrow-up138arrow-down13
arrow-up135arrow-down1message-squareWhy does the aurora borealis appear to be white in the sky but in pictures it has nice coloration?andrewta@lemmy.world to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 6 months agomessage-square14fedilink
minus-squareVisualBuilder4@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up24·6 months agoMy quick guess is that it is so dim, that our eyes are seeing it mostly with the rods (instead of the cones), which only see black and white. „In the night all cats are gray“
minus-squareall-knight-party@kbin.runlinkfedilinkarrow-up9arrow-down1·6 months agoWait… Did you really just use the Benjamin Franklin grandma pussy quote for this?
minus-squareVisualBuilder4@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·6 months agoOh. I didn’t know this was a thing. In my mother tongue (German) it is like a normal expression.
minus-squaretetris11@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up6·edit-26 months ago Nachts sind alle Katzen grau https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nachts_sind_alle_Katzen_grau Apparently it was originally adapted from Don Quixote
minus-squareall-knight-party@kbin.runlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·6 months agoI’m sure it is, it’s just because my first experience with it was through that letter, so now it’s ruined for me.
My quick guess is that it is so dim, that our eyes are seeing it mostly with the rods (instead of the cones), which only see black and white. „In the night all cats are gray“
Wait… Did you really just use the Benjamin Franklin grandma pussy quote for this?
Oh. I didn’t know this was a thing. In my mother tongue (German) it is like a normal expression.
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nachts_sind_alle_Katzen_grau
Apparently it was originally adapted from Don Quixote
I’m sure it is, it’s just because my first experience with it was through that letter, so now it’s ruined for me.