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  2. Nyctalopia - Wikipedia

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    Nyctalopia (/ ˌ n ɪ k t ə ˈ l oʊ p i ə /; from Ancient Greek νύκτ-(núkt-) 'night' ἀλαός (alaós) 'blind, invisible' and ὄψ (óps) 'eye'), [1] also called night-blindness, is a condition making it difficult or impossible to see in relatively low light. It is a symptom of several eye diseases.

  3. Adaptation (eye) - Wikipedia

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    The eye takes approximately 20–30 minutes to fully adapt from bright sunlight to complete darkness and becomes 10,000 to 1,000,000 times more sensitive than at full daylight. In this process, the eye's perception of color changes as well (this is called the Purkinje effect). However, it takes approximately five minutes for the eye to adapt ...

  4. Darkness - Wikipedia

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    The Creation of Light by Gustave Doré. Darkness is the condition resulting from a lack of illumination, or an absence of visible light.. Human vision is unable to distinguish colors in conditions of very low luminance because the hue-sensitive photoreceptor cells on the retina are inactive when light levels are insufficient, in the range of visual perception referred to as scotopic vision.

  5. Winter solstice 2024: The shortest day of the year is arriving

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    After the solstice, every day will have a little more sunlight than the one before. By the time we reach the summer solstice on June 20, 2025, it will be the longest day of the year.

  6. Glare (vision) - Wikipedia

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    Glare can be generally divided into two types, discomfort glare and disability glare. [1] Discomfort glare is a psychological sensation caused by high brightness (or brightness contrast) within the field of view, which does not necessarily impair vision. [2]

  7. Town in Alaska won't see the sun for two months as it enters ...

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    However, this doesn't mean it is completely dark for 24 hours a day for areas experiencing polar night. This is due to a time of day called "civil twilight," according to the Weather Channel.

  8. Color blindness - Wikipedia

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    These color charts show how different color blind people see compared to a person with normal color vision. [ dubious – discuss ] Much terminology has existed and does exist for the classification of color blindness, but the typical classification for color blindness follows the von Kries classifications, [ 26 ] which uses severity and ...

  9. Boy lives in permanent shade to survive dangerous sunlight - AOL

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    Patients are unable to repair their DNA from solar damage, which puts them at high risk of developing cancer. Dominguez has Xeroderma Pigmentosum (XP), a rare disease that affects his skin and eyes.