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Amazing! Would this have been visible to the naked eye?
by BeenAGoodUser 3y ago
Amazing! Would this have been visible to the naked eye?
- burkaman 3y agoI think technically yes, but it only lasts for a millisecond.
- BeenAGoodUser 3y agoI wonder if the light is strong enough to imprint the retina so that your brain could perceive it despite the very small duration
- sfink 3y agoProbably not, since it's mostly in infrared to begin with. It's not clear to me how visible it would be to the naked eye.
- soared 3y agoIt doesn’t sound like it > Therefore, unlike sprites, which, on rare occasions can be seen by the naked eye, elves cannot. If one could see an elf, it would probably look like a giant, expanding ring—about 300 miles across--emanating from a point 60-65 miles in altitude and expanding outward https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/capital-weather-gang/post/red-sprites-blue-jets-and-elves-what-are-these-mysterious-elusive-phenomena/2012/09/17/33248346-007d-11e2-b260-32f4a8db9b7e_blog.html# https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/capital-weather-gang/po...