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No, to see objects without the presence of light is impossible. Even a little light will help you see an object. Light has to reflect from the object to the eye to allow you to see it.

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Our eyes are not able to see anything in a dark room because in a dark room everything is seemed to be black. So as a result we can see nothing in the dark room

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if there is no light source, then things can,t reflect the light. therefore, we cannot see them.

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That is because there is no light to get reflected, refracted, absorbed, or transmitted in to the object for you to see.

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in absence of light we can t see anything because of light

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Light is the very nature of sight; our eyes are basically a collection of cells sensitive to visible light and all its wavelengths.

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No, the receptors in your eyes will register everything as pure black.

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we can not see reflection in the absence of light because it is only when light rays are obstructed by an opaque object that we get a shadow of the object

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it is not impossible to see without light. When you press on your eyeballs you would see patterns etc. This is a phenomenon called phosphene

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Your eyes were designed to operate only with light striking the retina.

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