Thursday, July 3, 2008

My eye

"The inside of your eye is one thing you're guaranteed never to get a good look at. Even if you could, the pupil is far too small an aperture to allow you to see the entire interior. University of Michigan ophthalmologic photographer Richard Hackel compares the problem to taking a picture of a room through a keyhole. To overcome this hurdle, Hackel uses a computer program to stitch together images taken from 20 different angles by a special digital camera. The result is an unusual, fully detailed map of the inside of a healthy 26-year-old's eye."

I was afraid to look into this image at first. It's the first time my eye would be able to see itself, or an image of a similarity to itself. How would it react? Would it rejoice in seeing its insides? Would it reflect like a mirror looking at a mirror, infinitely seeing itself seeing itself? Would it recognize similarities and feel at home? Would it be curious, frightened, disgusted? Would it shatter my sight by the mere revelation?

Well, I looked. And it was okay. No explosions or implosions. It's pretty cool.

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