I am the same. Where I live (Australia) it is painful most days. I have always assumed that it is like fair skin - a high latitude adaptation for vitamin D absorption. Of course for me it means sunglasses and sunburn.
I dig your style. The findings you talk about in this vid agree with my anecdotal evidence. Mine are green, my bf’s are almost black. He needs much more light to get around the house, often complaining about curtains being drawn. He’s 10 yrs older, that may account for something. Ty for your content, love your accent. 🙏🇺🇸❤️
Thanks for the suggestion. I covered that in my video on What is the Origin and Reason for Red Hair? th-cam.com/video/k8IN2FFV_iU/w-d-xo.html if you haven't seen it, but I may do a specific video on it.
My father and my brother have the same light shade of gray eyes and I'm often surprised by their great ability to notice things when it comes to body language, or when they relate memories from their past that most people were not able to perceive, a very similar feeling occurs when I talk with some guiris at work
I have blue eyes, find the NZ full sunlight a bit dazzling, always had the visor down in my car, kept sunglasses for driving, used to like walks at night, am retired alone and seldom open the curtains. Keep a good lamp over my work table though.
My sister and I tried it one time- I saw a wider span of colors in the dark. She couldn’t make as many out. I remember pink being one. I could see it, she couldn’t. She thought it looked grey. Some did-! Hers are green, mine are brown.
Well... there has to be some competitive advantage involved with blue eyes since (supposedly) a mutation created a single human with blue eyes about 7,000 years ago and now a significant percentage of the world population has blue eye genes.
Actually the percentage of blue eyed people out of the world population is decreasing rapidly. For example it has reduced in USA from 50% at turn of 20th century to only 17% now.
Blue eyes probably came with the general depigmentation of the skin as an adaptation to lack of sunlight in much of cloudy Northern Europe (= as a protection against rickets which was caused by lack of vitamin D due to absence of sunlight). In regions where the skies are very often grey (like in Britain or Scandinavia) the loss of pigmentation (= melanin) was so strongly selected for that not only the skin but even the eyes (and hair) lost melanine. Blue eyes are actually brown eyes without the melanin. Behind every brown eye there is a blue eye if the melanin is taken out (today this can even be done by laser). Earlier Ice Age hunters who had been hunting the megafauna (which was still around until the end of the Ice Age) in Europe may have maintained darker skin and eye colour because their diet was much fatter (animal fat contains vitamine D). The need for extreme depigmentation may have come only after the demise of the megafauna (= large ice age animals with lots of fat like mammoths, etc.) about 10 000 - 12 000 years ago.
I have hazel eyes and I can see better without having much light.. I'm 57 and I don't have any wrinkles around my eyes because I don't leave my home without sunglasses...
The eating carrots to see in the dark is a British WWII disinformation/propaganda project. The government got night fighter pilots to extol eating carrots to be able to see better in the dark and shoot down German aircraft. The object of this was two fold, to encourage people to eat carrots, which we had plenty of (we had limited un-rationed snack items) and most importantly to cover up the fact that we had a good radar system that could spot German aircraft at night. The advertising campaign didn't last that long but it left a mark on the British psyche that remains to this day. Unfortunately the truth is you'd have to eat so many carrots you'd turn orange before it had any real effect on your eyesight. The boring answer to better eyesight is a balanced diet and staying hydrated ... and not getting old !
Interesting, thanks. I did read that but vitamin A deficiency causes night blindness and carrots are a source of vitamin A, so if you have a deficiency of vitamin A, your night vision will be poorer. Children for instance who are malnourished have issues with their eyesight due to this. So there is actually a link there irrespective of the origin of the saying. Although they didn't know the science in ancient times, this link has been known for thousands of years.
@@celtichistorydecoded Higher levels of Vitamin A in offal and fish, neither of which were rationed during WWII. I suspect it was the sugar hit from carrots that did have a 'feel good' effect, as sugar from the colonies had effectively ceased. I'm sure they knew of sugar beet but it's an energy wasteful process to mash it (like beer) ... and stinks; as anyone driving past Bury St Edmunds will tell you, might explain why East Anglian beer tastes like dishwater. Probably more efficient to feed livestock on it. The history of rationing is fascinating.
It looks doubtful, because the same indigenous people of north Asia have predominantly black eyes, but they have highly developed twilight vision, and this is without taking into account the fact that men do not have so pronounced age-related visual impairment.
Darker eyes take longer to adjust but are equal to lighter eyes, after a while. Evolution. That's dodgy ground and way off. Adaptation...possibly. But this has been known for many, many decades.
There is an arabic story about a woman from the tribe of Djadis(one of the extinct arabic tribes that lived in the peninsula long before Abraham brought Ishmael to Mecca) who had blue eyes (she was one of three famous arabic women with blue eyes) and who could see far away that she would warn her people of approaching enemies three days before their arrival. However, one day the chief of another tribe heard of their wealth and went to conquer them but he ordered his men to carry trees so that she wouldn't see them, she told her people that she saw trees coming towards them, they didn't believe her and ended up being massacred.
So perhaps even in ancient times people linked between blue eyes and strong vision. The woman is called Zarqa' Al Yamama which literally translates to the blue of Al Yamama (the city of her tribe in Najd).
I have blue eyes. I had shingles in my right eye. You dont even want to know how painful it is! Its insane & doesn't stop for a long time... like 8.5 months lol! I still have 20 /20 'vision but This damaged my eye as far as light. Im virtually blind in sun and the other eye works in symphony with it so its blinded too! Eyes are symphonic! 🩵
Thanks for watching! Please let me know your thoughts below...
Blue eyes as well as I2 haplogroup are linked with the flood and creation of the Black Sea.
Weird... I have light eyes and am practically sun blind some days. The sun is so painful, I can see fine in low light.
Brown, but same 😂
I have blue eyes & have always had remarkable night vision. During the day time I have to wear very dark glasses. You are not alone.
I am the same. Where I live (Australia) it is painful most days. I have always assumed that it is like fair skin - a high latitude adaptation for vitamin D absorption. Of course for me it means sunglasses and sunburn.
I have brown eyes everytime I go outside I can't fully open my eyes because the sun burns ,Im just fine in low light too
@@ianmelville-m1y I hope this helps you. I use factor 100 or higher sunscreen.
Going outside on a bright morning makes me feel like a vampire emerging from a dark cave
I wonder if the shade of eyes plays a role in distinguishing color subtleties better than others.
Good question, thanks
Have you done a vid on RH negative blood type yet? If you haven’t you should! It’s fascinating!
I dig your style. The findings you talk about in this vid agree with my anecdotal evidence. Mine are green, my bf’s are almost black. He needs much more light to get around the house, often complaining about curtains being drawn. He’s 10 yrs older, that may account for something. Ty for your content, love your accent. 🙏🇺🇸❤️
Interesting, thanks
Have you ever considered doing a video on how red haired people need more anesthesia
Its mentioned on the red hair Wikipedia page with the sources?
Thanks for the suggestion. I covered that in my video on What is the Origin and Reason for Red Hair? th-cam.com/video/k8IN2FFV_iU/w-d-xo.html if you haven't seen it, but I may do a specific video on it.
Very interesting 👍🏻
My father and my brother have the same light shade of gray eyes and I'm often surprised by their great ability to notice things when it comes to body language, or when they relate memories from their past that most people were not able to perceive, a very similar feeling occurs when I talk with some guiris at work
I have blue eyes, find the NZ full sunlight a bit dazzling, always had the visor down in my car, kept sunglasses for driving, used to like walks at night, am retired alone and seldom open the curtains. Keep a good lamp over my work table though.
I am a blue eyed man. I sure see well in the dark. I have to wear dark glasses outside at day time.
My sister and I tried it one time- I saw a wider span of colors in the dark. She couldn’t make as many out. I remember pink being one. I could see it, she couldn’t. She thought it looked grey. Some did-! Hers are green, mine are brown.
What precise accent is that? I'm guessing West of Scotland, but where? Genuinely interested.
Well... there has to be some competitive advantage involved with blue eyes since (supposedly) a mutation created a single human with blue eyes about 7,000 years ago and now a significant percentage of the world population has blue eye genes.
lol and now the DEI Internet has labeled all blue eyed people as evil.
Actually the percentage of blue eyed people out of the world population is decreasing rapidly. For example it has reduced in USA from 50% at turn of 20th century to only 17% now.
My night vision improved when I started eggs every morning for breakfast.
Blue eyes probably came with the general depigmentation of the skin as an adaptation to lack of sunlight in much of cloudy Northern Europe (= as a protection against rickets which was caused by lack of vitamin D due to absence of sunlight). In regions where the skies are very often grey (like in Britain or Scandinavia) the loss of pigmentation (= melanin) was so strongly selected for that not only the skin but even the eyes (and hair) lost melanine. Blue eyes are actually brown eyes without the melanin. Behind every brown eye there is a blue eye if the melanin is taken out (today this can even be done by laser). Earlier Ice Age hunters who had been hunting the megafauna (which was still around until the end of the Ice Age) in Europe may have maintained darker skin and eye colour because their diet was much fatter (animal fat contains vitamine D). The need for extreme depigmentation may have come only after the demise of the megafauna (= large ice age animals with lots of fat like mammoths, etc.) about 10 000 - 12 000 years ago.
I have hazel eyes and I can see better without having much light.. I'm 57 and I don't have any wrinkles around my eyes because I don't leave my home without sunglasses...
The eating carrots to see in the dark is a British WWII disinformation/propaganda project.
The government got night fighter pilots to extol eating carrots to be able to see better in the dark and shoot down German aircraft. The object of this was two fold, to encourage people to eat carrots, which we had plenty of (we had limited un-rationed snack items) and most importantly to cover up the fact that we had a good radar system that could spot German aircraft at night. The advertising campaign didn't last that long but it left a mark on the British psyche that remains to this day.
Unfortunately the truth is you'd have to eat so many carrots you'd turn orange before it had any real effect on your eyesight. The boring answer to better eyesight is a balanced diet and staying hydrated ... and not getting old !
Interesting, thanks. I did read that but vitamin A deficiency causes night blindness and carrots are a source of vitamin A, so if you have a deficiency of vitamin A, your night vision will be poorer. Children for instance who are malnourished have issues with their eyesight due to this. So there is actually a link there irrespective of the origin of the saying. Although they didn't know the science in ancient times, this link has been known for thousands of years.
@@celtichistorydecoded Higher levels of Vitamin A in offal and fish, neither of which were rationed during WWII. I suspect it was the sugar hit from carrots that did have a 'feel good' effect, as sugar from the colonies had effectively ceased. I'm sure they knew of sugar beet but it's an energy wasteful process to mash it (like beer) ... and stinks; as anyone driving past Bury St Edmunds will tell you, might explain why East Anglian beer tastes like dishwater. Probably more efficient to feed livestock on it.
The history of rationing is fascinating.
It looks doubtful, because the same indigenous people of north Asia have predominantly black eyes, but they have highly developed twilight vision, and this is without taking into account the fact that men do not have so pronounced age-related visual impairment.
Darker eyes take longer to adjust but are equal to lighter eyes, after a while.
Evolution.
That's dodgy ground and way off.
Adaptation...possibly.
But this has been known for many, many decades.
Since developed in middle east, blue eyes were just pretty
There is an arabic story about a woman from the tribe of Djadis(one of the extinct arabic tribes that lived in the peninsula long before Abraham brought Ishmael to Mecca) who had blue eyes (she was one of three famous arabic women with blue eyes) and who could see far away that she would warn her people of approaching enemies three days before their arrival. However, one day the chief of another tribe heard of their wealth and went to conquer them but he ordered his men to carry trees so that she wouldn't see them, she told her people that she saw trees coming towards them, they didn't believe her and ended up being massacred.
So perhaps even in ancient times people linked between blue eyes and strong vision. The woman is called Zarqa' Al Yamama which literally translates to the blue of Al Yamama (the city of her tribe in Najd).
I have blue eyes.
I had shingles in my right eye.
You dont even want to know how painful it is! Its insane & doesn't stop for a long time... like 8.5 months lol!
I still have 20 /20 'vision but This damaged my eye as far as light.
Im virtually blind in sun and the other eye works in symphony with it so its blinded too!
Eyes are symphonic!
🩵
i have blue eyes, and i can't see worth a damn a night lol