How the Eye Actually Sees (in 10 Seconds Flat)

Multiple Blue Rings Your eyes do something amazing every moment let’s see how.

Everything starts with light. It bounces off objects and enters your eye through the cornea. Light Enters the Eye

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The Lens Focuses

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The retina’s photoreceptor cells — rods and cones — turn light into tiny electrical signals.

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The Optic Nerve Sends the Message

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The Brain Creates the Image

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All this happens in milliseconds. The human eye is pure magic.

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How the Eye Actually Sees (in 10 Seconds Flat)

The Lens Focuses

Next, the lens bends the light and focuses it onto the retina at the back of your eye.

The retina’s photoreceptor cells — rods and cones — turn light into tiny electrical signals.

The Retina Reacts

The Optic Nerve Sends the Message

Those signals travel through the optic nerve to your brain for processing.

The Brain Creates the Image

Your brain flips the upside-down image and fills in the details that’s how you see

All this happens in milliseconds. The human eye is pure magic.