Tag: light

“New phone cameras make the aurora accessible but the photos are not like reality”

This photo by Dominik Plüss of the St. Chrischona Chuch in Bettingen outside Basel was part of a compilation of Swiss northern light photos last week. Photo: Dominik Plüss

Ole Ellekrog

The news photographer Dominik Plüss captured the northern lights above a church in Basel, Switzerland.

Signs of stress visible in the infrared

Camille Lin

How can we distinguish between calls of recognition and those of distress in a dense penguin breeding colony? The answer lies in the infrared radiation of these animals.

Reindeer eyes seasonally adapt to arctic light

Dr. Michael Wenger

The eyes of reindeer can dynamically adapt physiologically and physically to the varying light conditions in the Arctic.