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...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

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

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

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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...

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...

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...

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

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

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

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...

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

invention, diffused lighting camouflage. This used dimmable lamps for counter-illumination, camouflage by bringing the brightness of the ship's superstructure...

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

the area of their shadow by lateral compression of the body, and counter illumination via bioluminescence. This is achieved by production of light from...