how can I see things in the dark? – Electromagnetic Zone

Question: how can I see things in the dark?
- Keywords:
  dark,
  eye,
  human body,
  sight
Asked by anon-225689 to Sameed, Jose, joannabarstow, Heidi, Freya, Chris on 12 Nov 2019.
- Joanna Barstow answered on 12 Nov 2019:
  
  If it was completely dark, you wouldn’t actually be able to see anything. What we usually think of as dark is just a very low level of light, so everything looks quite fuzzy and dim, but you can still see shapes and movement. You don’t see colour in the dark because the cells in your eyes that are sensitive to colour need more light to work than the cells that only sense light and dark.
- Sameed Muhammed answered on 19 Nov 2019:
  
  The way we see things is when light reflects off an object and enters our eye, where the sensitive cells in our eyes detect this light and transform the information into an image. In normal darkness, there is still some small amount of light, so you may be able to see a few things. In total darkness, that is the absence of any light, no light is reflected and no light reaches your eyes, so you won’t be able to see anything.

Question: how can I see things in the dark?