• First cave exit

    October 29, 2017 in New Zealand ⋅ ☀️ 19 °C

    Saw some awesome glow worms.

    Thousands and thousands. It looks like a blue starry sky. No twinkle, but varied intensity of light based on how hungry they are.

    The more used to the dark you get the more worms you see.

    At the end of our cave experience we did a fun experiment. We covered one eye and exposed the other to bright light. The shut off the light and looked around with the exposed eye. You could see lots of glow worms.

    Closing that eye and opening the other, suddenly you can see 5 times as many.
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