Light in polar night (IMAGE)

Norwegian University of Science and Technology

Light in polar night

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Just how dark is dark? The lights from the research ship illuminate blowing snow, but outside of that, the area looks dark -- to human eyes, anyway, but not to creatures that are adapted to the polar night.

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Photo: Geir Johnsen, NTNU/UNIS

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