The way Bees see it, the world beyond the human eye.

So your a happy little bee, just flying around looking for nectar and you spot a Dandelion.




That thing has got to be 10-20 times your size, so where is the good stuff, the nectar? Bees can see into the UltraViolet. Take a rainbow, starts at red and goes to violet at the end.



Your retina in the back of the eye has both Rods and Cones. The rods are SUPER SENSITIVE to even single photons of light, but can't tell what color they are (quantum psychics coming back (note1)), the Cones can taste the flavor of colors, but stopping working in low light. One knows where the light is (rods) but not what the light is (cones). The rods are made to be WHERE finders, while the cones are designed to be WHAT finders.

In the picture of the rainbow above, there is plenty of light to the left of the red AND to the right of the violet. Your human retina was not DESIGNED to see below or above these limits. The camera filters these out, the digital camera software throws them out, the web browser CAN'T show them and the monitor CAN'T MAKE THEM; these colors that humans cannot see. Therefore, they are COLORS you cannot see, or comprehend?? But they are there. INFRAred below the red and ULTRAviolet above the violet. For us humans this doesn't really matter but for insects like bees, well, the flowers have figured out the perfect makeup and outfit to lure them in. They NEED the bees to move pollen around so they both benefit. This is not evolution, it is planned designed love for creating and making new life, all over the place.

This is what a bee sees.






AND that's just UV, I haven't even touched IR yet. Think snakes, wolves, motion detectors, etc.





To see ir, it's easy. Point your camera phone at any remote control with a little IR led in the front of it (most). The sensor can "see" the light but your eyes cannot.

Turn your camera into an IR camera, just put a piece of BLACK NEGATIVE film piece in front of your camera, instant IR cam, not the best but it works. Play outside when the sun is out, and you can get some cool looking shots.

See ya later!





note1. Quantum Uncertainty

You can know WHERE a particle is but not WHAT it is EXACTLY.

OR

You can know WHAT a particle is but not WHERE it is EXACTLY.



sources

http://people.rit.edu/andpph/photofile-c/prism-DSCN4982.jpg
http://www.wildmanstevebrill.com/JPEG'S/Plant%2520Web%2520Images/DandelionFlower.jpg
http://www.naturfotograf.com/UV_IR_rev07.html#top_page


These are some wonderful photos, I've tried my hand at IR but never UV, will look into this.