> If the image weren't processed then you would see nothing at all... Are you saying there can never be devices that capture the vision of auroras undulating,

> If the image weren't processed then you would see nothing at all... Are you saying there can never be devices that capture the vision of auroras undulating, even a neural recording? The issue with this statement is that it gives up too easily on the capturing end, and taken to an extreme it implies a dead end for photography.