Ever look at a fire that is going during broad daylight? It seems to eventually suck the brightness out of the surrounding area. You may or may not have experienced this, personally, but I know that it definitely happens.
You would figure that the opposite of this phenomena would happen, but it doesn’t.
When I was young and went to church, I remember looking at the candles and after a few minutes of uninterrupted staring, the area would become darker (the wait time doesn’t seem necessary for big fires, though).
I looked into it a little bit, but I have no answers, so here I am.
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Either smoke produced by the larger fires cause it to get darker or in your case, your eyes adjusted to the brightness of the candle, causing the outside edges to appear darker. I’m sure the moment you looked away from the candle it appeared normal/brighter.
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