GrayBackgroundMusic@lemm.ee to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-27 months agowhy did the eclipse not darken proportionally?message-squaremessage-square23fedilinkarrow-up167arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up165arrow-down1message-squarewhy did the eclipse not darken proportionally?GrayBackgroundMusic@lemm.ee to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-27 months agomessage-square23fedilinkfile-text
I was in ~80% zone. It wasn’t 80% darker. It was maybe 25% darker. Web searching that phrase just gives me times and such.
minus-squareblargerer@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up15·7 months agoOur eyes are evolved to detect a high range of brightness’s so we experience brightness on a logarithmic scale not a linear one.
minus-squareMxM111@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-27 months agoI was in 7 dB zone, but it did not felt like 7 dB. Maybe 1 or 2 dB. Better?
Our eyes are evolved to detect a high range of brightness’s so we experience brightness on a logarithmic scale not a linear one.
I was in 7 dB zone, but it did not felt like 7 dB. Maybe 1 or 2 dB.
Better?