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Old 07-26-2014, 11:29 PM
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Default Re: A revolution in thought

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From what I have gathered, I don't think they can see the reflected laser light from reflectors on the moon. Could you be wrong about this?
From the video, sometimes there were as few as 5 - 10 photons from the reflector, which may have been difficult for the eye to pick up, but other times there were more and at those times the eye could easily have picked up the flash of light.
As noted earlier, 5-9 photons within 100 ms is sufficient for the human brain to register the light.
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