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Why does the aurora borealis appear to be white in the sky but in pictures it has nice coloration? (lemmy.world)

submitted 4 months ago by andrewta@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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[–] VisualBuilder4@lemmy.world 0 points 4 months ago (1 children)

My quick guess is that it is so dim, that our eyes are seeing it mostly with the rods (instead of the cones), which only see black and white. „In the night all cats are gray“

[–] all-knight-party@kbin.run 0 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Wait... Did you really just use the Benjamin Franklin grandma pussy quote for this?

[–] Trashboat@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 4 months ago

Excuse me the what now

[–] VisualBuilder4@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

Oh. I didn’t know this was a thing. In my mother tongue (German) it is like a normal expression.