Eli5: how is pupillary dilatation almost immediate but “eyes adjusting” to night vision takes a few minutes?

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The most basic explanation is that your eyes adjust to darkness in multiple ways. Dilation is just the obvious one, and it happens to be fast as well. The other methods take longer.

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