Post #1925846
2026-05-03 13:40 UTC
@devnull @alpacamale @leaverou I notice that cameras capture the northern lights more vividly than the human eye. So there seems to be some difference?
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@devnull@mamot.fr 2026-05-03 14:29
@deborahh I didn't say they are exactly the same. There are differences. BUT cameras are designed to replicate the visible light spectrum *as close as possible*. They're made to produce colours people can see. However, actually captured colours can be amplified to look vivid. And cameras can be be modified to capture light outside of the visible spectrum but in such case, invisible light is used to produce different colours from the visible spectrum (e.g IR photography) @alpacamale @leaverou