GrayBackgroundMusic@lemm.ee to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-23 months agowhy did the eclipse not darken proportionally?message-squaremessage-square28fedilinkarrow-up193arrow-down15file-text
arrow-up188arrow-down1message-squarewhy did the eclipse not darken proportionally?GrayBackgroundMusic@lemm.ee to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-23 months agomessage-square28fedilinkfile-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-up20·3 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-23 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?