Arrrh, don’t loose your night vision

[merkman]

So the other day I was watching some old episodes of Mythbusters and they had an episode on why Pirates had eye patches.

Turns out the pirates used eye patches so they would not loose their night vision when going above and below deck.

So yesterday when I was in the dark house and needed to go outside to use the facilities I decided to give it a try.

I closed one eye and placed my hand over the closed eye to form a light proof seal. I went out did my business and got back in to the darkhouse.

I tried each eye one at a time and it was amazing the difference between the two.

It was almost like I was blind using the eye that was not covered.

Pretty cool.

[Gordie]

well shiver my timbers,I'll have to give it a try

[S.D. Ice Angular]

I seen that episode also.

I always thought they wore the patch cuz they lost there eye or something.

I also tried it with my eye patch and it does work amazingly well

Go Figure...

[Fish Toys]

I’ve done that for years by closing one eye. Don’t remember where I learned it.

[BehindtheHead]

i have a pair of sunglasses in the spearhouse with me,

not intended for the prevention of using my night vision but because on a sunny day it HURTS when you go outside after a few hours of sitting in the dark house.

[Central Bassman]

Interesting, i will have to keep an eye out for this episode.

[merkman]

keep an eye out

[BigRoy]

So the other day I was watching some old episodes of Mythbusters and they had an episode on why Pirates had eye patches.

Turns out the pirates used eye patches so they would not loose their night vision when going above and below deck.

So yesterday when I was in the dark house and needed to go outside to use the facilities I decided to give it a try.

I closed one eye and placed my hand over the closed eye to form a light proof seal. I went out did my business and got back in to the darkhouse.

I tried each eye one at a time and it was amazing the difference between the two.

It was almost like I was blind using the eye that was not covered.

Pretty cool.

You can do your business one handed-you are a talented man!

[merkman]

You can do your business one handed-you are a talented man!

Well... it's not THAT big...