Olympic athletes using red lenses

[rpm]

Smog is becoming a major headache for the Chinese as the Beijing Olympics approaches. In fact it is so bad that the English hockey team is training with red lenses, which will apparently assist with visibility in Beijing’s smog filled conditions.

Olympic athletes using red lenses

 

[The_Unbeliever]

*cough* where is the hockey puck? *cough*

I can't *cough* see the puck anywhere... ah.. there it is... *couuuugggghhhhh* *wheeze*



The chinese will have an advantage in being used to the smog...

 

[HavocXphere]

Glow-in-the-dark hockey balls ftw.

Anybody know why red is supposed to help?

 

[mancombseepgood]

Glow-in-the-dark hockey balls ftw.

Anybody know why red is supposed to help?

Apparently it doesn't help except that seeing the world through rose colored lenses makes you forget that you are blind.

Or something like that ha ha ha.
No, seriously, I'm not sure.

 

[bekdik]

red would help because red light, being of longer wavelength than blue is less scattered by smog, so puck would be easier to see. unless the puck was blueish in colour

 

[bwana]

Glow-in-the-dark hockey balls ftw.

Anybody know why red is supposed to help?

I seem to recall everything having a reddish hue when I was there that I guess was caused by the smog. Perhaps its just a way to acclimatise the players?

 

[McFly]

red would help because red light, being of longer wavelength than blue is less scattered by smog, so puck would be easier to see. unless the puck was blueish in colour

Guys, ice hockey is played INDOORS. The English team probably doesn't have an ice hockey team. Hence it's not called a PUCK. It's probably a ball, and field hockey is played outdoors.

 

[The_Unbeliever]

red would help because red light, being of longer wavelength than blue is less scattered by smog, so puck would be easier to see. unless the puck was blueish in colour

hur-de-hur-hur

make sure der puck ist blue

but interesting what colors get filtered out when you view the word through red/green/blue/yellow/whatever tinted glasses....

 

[bwana]

Guys, ice hockey is played INDOORS. The English team probably doesn't have an ice hockey team. Hence it's not called a PUCK. It's probably a ball, and field hockey is played outdoors.

and ice hockey is played at the Winter Olympics.

 

[bekdik]

Guys, ice hockey is played INDOORS. The English team probably doesn't have an ice hockey team. Hence it's not called a PUCK. It's probably a ball, and field hockey is played outdoors.

Sorry, I meant pucking ball

 

[bekdik]

but interesting what colors get filtered out when you view the word through red/green/blue/yellow/whatever tinted glasses....

Colours that aren't the same colour as the glasses would be blocked. In reality, the actual light blocked would depend on the quality of the filter.

And a red/green/blue/yellow filter would block everything.