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  1. Newsgroups: sci.physics
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  3. From: smay@boi.hp.com (Scott Smay)
  4. Subject: Re: Freq. response of eyes (was: Why is the sky blue?
  5. Sender: news@boi.hp.com (News Server Project)
  6. Message-ID: <BzDILo.6sy@boi.hp.com>
  7. Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1992 22:32:11 GMT
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  14. Christopher J Burian (cburian@ux4.cso.uiuc.edu) wrote:
  15. : zellner@stsci.edu writes:
  16. : >So why do our eyes contain structures specifically sensitive to light of 
  17. : >wavelength 4300 to 4800A?  Physiology, really accidents of evolutionary history.
  18. : Wow, Lots of responses!  And I thought I was asking a dumb question. :)
  19. :
  20. In my reader, I can't find any responses to the question at all! I presume the
  21. answers referred to the sharp notch in the absorption coefficient of liquid
  22. water between approximately 4000-7000 angstroms. What subject were the answers
  23. posted to?
  24.  
  25. cheers,
  26. scott smay 
  27.