Question: When you look at a light for a while and then close your eyes, why can you still see the bar of light when your eyes are closed?

Asked by critt64 to Yashar on 27 Aug 2012. This question was also asked by bluedog.

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  1. Photo: Yashar RazaviYashar Razavi
    answered on 27 Aug 2012:

    Hi critt64,

    I actually don’t know. It could be the remnants of light that have entered your eye just before you shutting your eye-lids bounce around before being absorbed by the eye. This is then giving you a “bar of light” phenomenon. That would be my best guess.

    But you stumped me 😉

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  1. Photo: critt64critt64
    commented on 30 Aug 2012:

    Thanks Yashar. 🙂

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