Timeline for Why do I see three 'beams' when I look to a distant light source at dark?
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| Apr 20 at 1:30 | answer | added | Aristocratic Jack | timeline score: 0 | |
| Jan 14, 2018 at 14:46 | comment | added | shawnhcorey | The eye is a marvellous piece of evolution but it is not perfect. Many things can go wrong with it and cause strange problems with vision. Your optometrist will be able to inform you what it is about your eyes that causes this. | |
| Jan 14, 2018 at 14:06 | vote | accept | Tho Re | ||
| Jan 14, 2018 at 14:06 | answer | added | Tho Re | timeline score: 5 | |
| Jan 13, 2018 at 7:09 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/StackPhysics/status/952074999921364992 | ||
| Jan 12, 2018 at 20:42 | comment | added | Tho Re | @aml 1.) The symmetry is quite perfect with both eyes open, and somehow weaker with one eye closed.. 2.) Yes, without glasses. 3.) Every kind of light. (Maybe not laser, but I do not regularly look into a laser) 4.) No, it also can be 30°C or more if you wish | |
| Jan 12, 2018 at 19:12 | comment | added | amI | Questions: Are the spikes as symmetrical as the drawing? Do you see them without glasses? Is it only a certain type of street-light? Does it have to be cold out (ice crystals in the air)? | |
| Jan 12, 2018 at 17:56 | comment | added | agweber | MinutePhysics has a good video on this topic. youtu.be/VVAKFJ8VVp4 | |
| Jan 12, 2018 at 17:18 | comment | added | Tho Re | @Qmechanic The effect described in your link is in fact similar. Nevertheless, I somehow doubt that both effects really have the same reason. | |
| Jan 12, 2018 at 15:12 | history | edited | Qmechanic♦ |
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| Jan 12, 2018 at 13:48 | answer | added | Ng Chung Tak | timeline score: 20 | |
| Jan 12, 2018 at 11:42 | comment | added | Qmechanic♦ | Related: physics.stackexchange.com/q/34222/2451 | |
| Jan 12, 2018 at 11:40 | history | edited | Qmechanic♦ |
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| Jan 12, 2018 at 11:21 | history | asked | Tho Re | CC BY-SA 3.0 |