Read Chapter 7 and Chap 8 - Pgs. 100 - 152, Basic Flight Physiology

 

Link to Good Article

 

 

Principles and Problems with Vision

 

Anatomy of the eye

 

Rods - Night

Cones - Day

Fovea - High concentration of cones/no rods

 

 

Photopic vision

 

 

Scotopic vision

 

 

Mesoptic vision

 

-Visibility depends on:

-Size and angles of object

-Illumination of the object

-Contrast from background

-Time spent scanning for object

-Degree of retinal adaptation

-Atmospheric visibility condition

 

 

 

Vision during low Illumination (Night Vision)

 

Scan Techniques

 

Depth perception - Binocular/Monocular

 

Basic Visual Illusions

 

**Now would be a good time to review the Jeppessen manuals for additional information on visual illusions