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Old Oct 31, 2008 | 5:14 am
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phillipas
 
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Originally Posted by Radioman
If a door is suddenly opened and you get a bright light, it can take a good few seconds for your eyes to readjust.
There's the issue of adjusting to the sudden light, and then adjusting back to the dark - and adjusting to dark takes rather more than a few seconds. Fully adjusting to darkness can take up to 30 minutes. See page 23 of this report for better details.
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