Counter-illumination is a method of active camouflage seen in marine animals such as firefly squid and midshipman fish, and in military prototypes, producing...

marine animals such as squid) by counter-illumination, with the use of bioluminescence. Military counter-illumination camouflage was first investigated...

counter-illumination, adds the creation of light by bioluminescence or lamps to match the actual brightness of a background. Counter-illumination camouflage...

while the ability to produce light is among other things used for counter-illumination on the undersides of cephalopods such as squid. Some animals, such...

signalling. Some species are bioluminescent, using their light for counter-illumination camouflage, while many species can eject a cloud of ink to distract...

average brightness of the sky, a form of active camouflage using counter-illumination. They were designed to camouflage the aircraft by preventing it from...

viewed from below in dim light. The bioluminescence produced provides counter-illumination, a form of camouflage, which helps to break up the squid's outline...

henshō; K. panjo), also translated as "tracing back the radiance," or "counter-illumination," is a Zen Buddhist expression referring to turning attention from...

Navy counter-illumination system for ships List of conspiracy theories Montauk Project Yehudi lights, a prototype US Navy counter-illumination system...

for ventral counter-illumination. Etmopteridae possess more complex photophores and utilize bioluminescence for ventral counter illumination as well as...

and communication that is prevalent in the pelagic zone such as counter-illumination may not be functional or relevant in the benthic realm. Bioluminescence...

cuttlefish, have multi-layer mirrors made of protein rather than guanine. Counter-illumination through bioluminescence on the underside (ventral region) of the...

War, the Royal Canadian Navy trialled a form of active camouflage, counter-illumination, using diffused lighting to prevent ships from appearing as dark...

During and after World War II, the Yehudi lights project developed counter-illumination camouflage using lamps to increase the brightness of the aircraft...

camouflage, is by countershading in the case of epipelagic fish and by counter-illumination in the case of mesopelagic fish. Countershading is achieved by colouring...

Diffused lighting camouflage was a form of active camouflage using counter-illumination to enable a ship to match its background, the night sky, that was...

Multi-spectral camouflage is the use of counter-surveillance techniques to conceal objects from detection across several parts of the electromagnetic...

camouflage project, the Royal Canadian Navy experimented with variable counter-illumination camouflage to match horizon light levels and minimize ships' silhouettes...

night falls. It uses its abilities to sense and produce light for counter-illumination camouflage: it matches the brightness and colour of its underside...

idea was dropped. Diffused lighting camouflage, a shipborne form of counter-illumination camouflage, was trialled by the Royal Canadian Navy from 1941 to...

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the amount of light hitting the top of the mantle. This method of counter-illumination is an example of animal camouflage. The organ contains filters which...

background is brighter than is possible even with white pigment, counter-illumination in marine animals, such as squid, can use light to match the background...

relatives have bioluminescent photophores. The latter allow them to use counter-illumination to escape predators that lurk in the depths: by matching the light...

mainly uses its photophores for two purposes: counter-illumination and concealing prey. In counter-illumination, the squid produces blue light from its photophores...

by predators, aiding survival. This type of camouflage is called counter-illumination. The presence of photo-microbes in the visceral organs of Chauliodus...

from below by matching the downwelling light, a strategy known as counter-illumination, that is common among bioluminescent organisms of the mesopelagic...

Parapriacanthus are bioluminescent, with ventral light organs for counter-illumination. Parapriacanthus luciferase is a kleptoprotein, obtained from their...

effectively masking the squid's silhouette from predators below. This counter-illumination strategy is a sophisticated form of camouflage in the mesopelagic...

include mating, social interaction or orientation and as a form of counter-illumination camouflage to compensate their shadow against overhead ambient light...