Monday, June 21, 2021

ALIEN RETINA

A little exercise you sometimes see in books about the nature of consciousness poses the question "what is it like to be a bat?" Your vision is weak and you navigate through space with a version of sonar, using systems alien to humans. There are lots of animals that see and hear wavelengths we cannot. Infrared photography offers a peek behind the curtain and teaches us about the limits of our perception.