Visual Effects

[Richard Worth]

The same goes for driving and night collecting.  After long hours on 
the road I see the highway going by when I try to sleep.  Much more 
enjoyable is after blacklighting where I see the sheet loaded with 
moths on the inside of my eyelids for a few hours until I finally 
doze off...geez, all this talk makes it feel like nappy time...and 
it's only 8:20 AM.
Rich


>This visual replay is pretty interesting.  When I get off a boat after several
>hours at sea, I continue to see the wave movement superimposed on anything I
>look at below eye level.  When I first step on the dock this replay 
>is enough to
>offset my balance.  But the effect fades within about 10 minutes, whereas the
>butterfly replay that others report last for hours.  We need to find a way to
>package that.  I presume that it is not an unpleasant sensation.
>
>Mike Gochfeld
>
>.
>
>
>
>Mark Walker wrote:
>
>  > I have had exactly the same sort of experience that Stan describes.  My
>  > brain sort of replays the day's activities on my internal 
>projection screen.
>  > I've had similar experiences after skiing or doing some other 
>activity where
>  > there is lots of visual stimulation.  The dancing butterflies on my eyelids
>  > are always a welcome sight.
>  >
>  > Mark Walker
>  >
>  > > -----Original Message-----
>  > > From: James Kruse [mailto:fnjjk1 at uaf.edu]
>  > > Sent: Monday, June 30, 2003 6:32 PM
>  > > To: leps-l at lists.yale.edu
>  > > Subject: Re: Visual Effects
>  > >
>  > > on 6/30/03 2:10 PM, Stanley A. Gorodenski at 
>stan_gorodenski at asualumni.org
>  > > wrote:
>  > >
>  > > > I wonder if other collectors experience the same thing I do. Whenever I
>  > > > collect after I haven't collected for some time, that night 
>when I go to
>  > > > sleep and close my eyes I see a flurry of butterflies. The same thing
>  > > > happens when it snows. Then I see a flurry of snow flakes. Is this a
>  > > > common effect? Does anyone know the visual explanation for 
>it? I imagine
>  > > > it has something to do with the visual part of the brain doing this.
>  > > > Stan
>  > >
>  > > I do when I am awake and out collecting and I haven't collected for some
>  > > time: On the first outing or two of spring I have a hard time 
>focusing and
>  > > see movements all over in my peripheral vision, making tracking very
>  > > difficult when I actually do see something. I always figured that I was
>  > > just
>  > > excited and out of practice. However, sitting in front of an electronic
>  > > box
>  > > for many hours per day probably has more than a little to do with it.
>  > >
>  > > Jim
>  > >
>  > >
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Richard A. Worth
Oregon Department of Agriculture
Plant Division
rworth at oda.state.or.us
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