22-Year-Old Lidar Whiz Claims Breakthrough

Re:22-Year-Old Lidar Whiz Claims Breakthrough by ethbro on Tuesday May 23, 2017 @10:01PM (#14407082)

Maybe I should have elaborated a bit more. My original point was that it makes sense that the visible spectrum was colocated with the frequencies not readily absorbed by water.

Which is to say, eyes were made for seeing the light that was bouncing around in the sea (and not the frequencies that had already been absorbed).

So yes, the simplest answer you can imagine.

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Re:22-Year-Old Lidar Whiz Claims Breakthrough by labster on Wednesday May 24, 2017 @02:23AM (#14407955)

Also to the same point: eyes evolved to see the wavelengths where the Sun outputs the majority of its energy, which is a significant factor in its ability to penetrate water to any depth.

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Re:22-Year-Old Lidar Whiz Claims Breakthrough by edaemon on Tuesday May 23, 2017 @11:53PM (#14407498)

Right, that makes perfect sense. I'm mostly unsure of what tempestn said.

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