GrayBackgroundMusic@lemm.ee to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-26 months agowhy did the eclipse not darken proportionally?message-squaremessage-square26fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up11arrow-down1message-squarewhy did the eclipse not darken proportionally?GrayBackgroundMusic@lemm.ee to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-26 months agomessage-square26fedilinkfile-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-up0·6 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.
Our eyes are evolved to detect a high range of brightness’s so we experience brightness on a logarithmic scale not a linear one.