Like a “deer in the headlights”…that eye-shine is caused by the reflective tissue behind the retina, the tapetum lucidum, which bounces light back through the retina to help gather every possible photon of light in the dark of night.
2023-01-30
Celebrating and Caring for the Land
2023-01-30
Like a “deer in the headlights”…that eye-shine is caused by the reflective tissue behind the retina, the tapetum lucidum, which bounces light back through the retina to help gather every possible photon of light in the dark of night.
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