So I was bored today and started playing with my 800mw 980nm laser. I noticed in darkness I can see a dark grayish blue dot on the wall at close range if I move the laser slowly. Other than this the laser is not visible. Am I actually seeing the 980nm light? I have been lead to believe only 808nm is possibly visible and 980nm is far to long of a wl to see at all. But after seeing the dot I'm thinking that at these powers, 980nm might be slightly visible after all. It was really dim, by really dim I mean barely visible at all, your eyes have to adjust to the darkness and be really close to the dot.
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