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Old July 8th 04, 11:22 PM
Mike Ruskai
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Default Definitive moon size illusion experiment

On Wed, 07 Jul 2004 13:34:02 GMT, John Steinberg wrote:

For anywhere from about thirty minutes to an hour apr=8As observing, my=


vision feels considerably sharper. This for both near and far distance.=


And the improvement is quite pronounced. I probably should set up an
eye chart to determine whether or not there's a quantifiable
improvement, but in the interim I'll simply ask if anyone else reading
this thread has a similar experience.


I don't think I'd use the term sharper, but I do see more after observin=
g,
which I feel little doubt about attributing to dark adaption.

Trying to quantify your experience would definitely be worthwhile. I'll=

pay more attention next time I'm out as well, since I don't think you'd
easily confuse increased brightness with increased sharpness.


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