Night Vision

This article on Hawkeen Training illustrated some research into human being's night vision. The article is some what clinical and a tad "new agey" in it's style but it is a facinating look at how to improve your night vision. I think the New Agey bits are really the experiences that the author's had of altered perceptions during those times in the dark when they were concentrating on their peripheral vision. The article is really well written and has some cool segments equating their strange experiences with shamanistic trances. A useful tool for camp - the night vision stuff... not the trances. (from Backpacker Magazine, Sept. 2003. Why do magazines do that anyway?)