From the course: Working Professionally with Your Drone
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Physiological conditions affecting your night vision
From the course: Working Professionally with Your Drone
Physiological conditions affecting your night vision
- There are several physiological conditions that can affect your night vision. Let's start with stress. Night flight can be very stressful, especially if you have not done it before. It can limit your vision, adding to the stress. You can help mitigate this by using relaxation techniques. - Alcohol, please don't drink and drone. Being impaired by alcohol can severely limit your abilities to deal with any situation, much less an emergency. Smoking also adversely affects your night vision. Researchers have found that smokers have slower dark adaptation and lower visual acuity in dim lighting after smoking than non-smokers. Vitamin A is a precursor of the chemical that aids in dark adaptation. Without vitamin A, night blindness occurs. Studies have shown that carbon monoxide can cause blurred vision, photophobia and diplopia. Diplopia is when you see two images of the same thing. You might know it as double vision. -…
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