At 11:24 02-03-99 -0600, CHUCK_at_multitech.com (Chuck Holst) wrote: > > >>> >At night the only color that will not damage your night vision is >red. The yellow and green cyalume lights will ruin your night vision >completely. Red has no effect. >>> > >I've heard it said lately that the color of the light is not so >important as its intensity -- that a dim white light will not harm >night vision more than a dim red light. I have also seen references >to the military using green lighting to protect night vision. > >Jack, what do you know about this? > >Chuck Holst last time this came up, someone provided a reference to a "reliable source" saying this wasn't true [the red light] although we used it on our ships in 1990, i can't say what they use now, mainly cause i got out in '90, and moved 2000 miles from the nearest ocean ;-) mark #------canoeist[at]netbox[dot]com-------------------------------------- mark zen o, o__ o_/| o_. po box 474 </ [\/ [\_| [\_\ ft. lupton, co 80621-0474 (`-/-------/----') (`----|-------\-') #~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~_at_~~~~~~~_at_~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~_at_~~~~~~~~_at_~~~~~ http://www.diac.com/~zen/paddler [index of Paddling websites I manage] Rocky Mtn Sea Kayak Club, Colorado River Flows, Poudre Paddlers The Colorado Paddlers' Resource, Rocky Mtn Canoe Club Trip Page *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************Received on Tue Mar 02 1999 - 11:04:36 PST
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