on 5/8/00 5:17 PM, Trey at trey@ne*.co* wrote:

> Joel, these things just have a higher frequency, shorter wavelenth so
> they penetrate further through water, as could be expected from any
> light at that end of the spectrum.  The result is that you can "see"
> further in its beam, and the particulate does not backscatter so badly
> as with lower frequencies and longer wavelengths.
> 
> As Dr Rose and the Trout suggest, this is why we use them in Leon Sinks
> and Weenikulla.
> 
> HID is basicly ultra violet.

Trey,

And as I was asking Trout et al, the point is not that they will allow one
to see in zero-vis conditions, as has been suggested, but that they improve
vis in low-vis conditions beyond that of a normal lighting system. Would
that be accurate?

Later,

JoeL

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