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Date: Mon, 08 May 2000 20:37:21 -0400
From: trey@ne*.co* (Trey)
To: Kevin Connell <kevin@nw*.co*>
CC: Joel Markwell <joeldm@mi*.co*>, cavers@cavers.com
Subject: Re: HID physics was Re: another stupid question..LOL
Joel, do you still have the 7 th degree black belt, and are you still
teaching Karate?

Kevin Connell wrote:
> 
> LoeJ:
> 
> The answer to your question is, no, HID probably will not improve zero viz.
> 
> Oh, yeah,  and Fuck Off.
> 
> At 06:24 PM 5/8/2000 -0500, you wrote:
> >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
> 
> ----------------------------------
>   Kevin Connell <kevin@nw*.co*>
> 
>   NW Labor Systems, Inc
>   http://www.nwls.com
> 
> ----------------------------------

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