This one is both fascinating and, well, a little creepy too. Okay, we hear all the time about how ultraviolet radiation from the sun can damage our skin, right? But did you know that an ultraviolet camera can be used to reveal the hidden freckles and splotches the sun has already left on your skin? Well, take a look as videographer Thomas Leveritt shocks and amazes a bunch of people by revealing what the sun has done to them!
Video via Thomas Leveritt on YouTube
Reblogged from
How The Sun Sees You: A Powerful Video That Will Make You Want To Wear Sunscreen
on Visual News
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I guarantee you that at my age, I don’t want to see any more sun damage than I already see. Keep that camera away from me! (And I’ve been pretty diligent with sunscreen most of my life.)
This is worth repeating, though. Hope you don’t mind if I do.
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Having always been very sensitive to sunlight, I know exactly how you feel. Have at it my friend. I reblogged it anyway! 🙂
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Haven’t seen this one before … Fascinating. I wish I’d been looked at by this setup before the BCCs on my face developed …
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Oh my goodness M-R, I hope you’ve had that taken care of! I’m not sure I even want to see what this thing would reveal about me!
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http://wp.me/p3ZISx-2D7
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OMG M-R! I know you’re glad that’s over!
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I noticed that the people with brown/black skin showed up as flawless on the ultraviolet camera. Doesn’t hurt to use a lower level sunscreen from time to time, though.
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I noticed that too Pie, and I thought that it was due to the photoprotective properties of melanin. However, according to The Protective Role of Melanin Against UV Damage in Human Skin, “the role of melanin in photoprotection is still controversial.” Being unnaturally light-skinned for one with my heritage, I wouldn’t even think of going out without sunscreen. And I’d recommend it for any of my darker friends and relatives too.
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Yep, I assure you I am a sunscreen aholic.
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Much better to be safe than sorry, eh Val? 🙂
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Yes it is. Plus you should see how dark I get when the sun hits me. It is very odd looking.
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Funny. My ex-wife is much darker than me but the sun had the same effect on us both – it turned us red.
Looked horrible on me, but gave her a really sexy “Indian” kind of look!
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Oh damn you sun 🙂
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Ra gives and Ra takes away, eh? 😉
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Lol!
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So scary. Unfortunately, I was one of those teens who slathered on baby oil to bake myself…..
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Oh dear, I’ll bet lots of people are regretting doing that very thing themselves!
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Remember the woman with the incredible tan in the Bain de Soleil commercials? That was my goal. Sheesh!
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The things we do to get the look we think of as sexy. Good grief!
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