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Phrase: The naked eye
Let’s get naked!
Don’t panic!
That’s not going to happen.
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We see many things with the naked eye; some things we cannot see, and some things should never be seen.
So, keep your clothes on.
Today, boys and girls, while fully clothed, we will be focusing on what it means to look at something with the naked eye.
If we say something can be seen with the naked eye, we mean it can be seen without using an instrument such as a microscope or telescope.
Yes, you can use your eyeglasses.
The development of the microscope and telescope enabled people to observe and examine things that were not visible to the naked eye.
Roughly 450 years ago, people had no idea there was such a thing as microscopic organisms.
Now we take that knowledge for granted.
If you are a hunter, boater, hiker, birdwatcher or amateur astronomist, the invention of the telescope has enabled you to see far away things.
Before the telescope’s invention, those things could not be seen with the naked eye from afar.
Humans couldn’t see what was on the top of a mountain with the naked eye in the past.
They had to climb up there if they wanted to see the top.
Perhaps that’s how mountain climbing was invented.
Yes, we still want to climb to the top of mountains, but if you only want to see what’s up there, all you have to do is look through a telescope.
To use the term the naked eye, you don’t need to be nude.
You can be, but that’s a little weird.
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