Brian--

An interesting story but not entirely accurate. Carrots are loaded with
carotine which the body converts to vitamin A which enhances night vision.

Clear skies, Andy

Brian Cohen wrote:

> The origin of the carrot story dates back to the early days of WWII. Radar,
> or RDF as it was called in those days, was used by the British to detect
> enemy aircraft through the Home Chain network. At that time it was a big
> secret, even although Germany and the US also had radar they did not use it
> for this purpose but rather for direction finding, hence RDF (Radio
> Detection Finding) designation. The Germans couldn't figure out how,
> whenever they raided England they were always met by a squadron of
> Spitfires, even at night! In order to disguise the fact that Radar was
> effective in actually detecting airborne objects, some bright spark let out
> a somewhat less than plausible, but effective (people still believe it to
> this day!) answer that British pilots dined on raw carrots to improve their
> night vision.
>
> Brian
>
> -----Original Message-----
> Gregory David Stempel
> Sent: Monday, October 19, 1998 3:36 AM
> Subject: Re: [M]: Observing Io with 8" f10 LX200
>
> Chris
>
> I love the one about eating carrots to make your eyesight
> better....._grin
> Have you heard where that came from?
>
> Take care
> Gregory david Stempel

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