LANSING, Mich. (WLNS)— Many individuals marvel why they cannot see the Northern Lights with their eyes. So, we went to determine it out for ourselves.
The Northern Lights are a good looking sight to see whenever you’re utilizing the newest cellphones, but it surely’s not really easy to see them with out a digicam.
Christian Mehregan, an ophthalmologist at LoEyecare says that is removed from the reality.
“Yeah, the human eyes can see Northern lights when lightning conditions are proper for it,” mentioned Mehregan.
He says on the subject of cameras and our eyes, cameras have an extended publicity time.
“This means that they’re able to gather more photons of light as they come in,” mentioned Mehregan. ” The human eye is recycling these things called opsins which absorb light at physiological speed. So cameras can absorb more light per time.”
So, when can the human eye correctly see the Northern Lights?
Mark Voit, astronomy professor at Michigan State College says he may know the reply.
“It needs to be darker outside, or you need to have your eyes more adjusted for the cones to pick up the colors,” mentioned Voit.
He says the extra your eyes modify to the darkness, the extra possible you may see the lights.
Voit says in case you want to see them tonight you will need to put together beforehand.
“Pay attention to the Aurora forecast. If you just type in Aurora forecast into a search engine,” mentioned Voit. “That’ll predict about how far the latitude in Auroras will be.”
Voit recommends going to an space with much less air pollution and light-weight to see the Northern Lights tonight.
