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I can see my photoreceptors (geometrical pattern issue solved?)


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I noticed this on a random event and got pretty excited about it because it's quite beautiful and very interesting.

 

I was eating with my family when the light of a candle was starbursting me heavily. Suddenly I started to having strong visuals within the starburst itself. I thought it was floaters at first, but this was totally different, and the shapes were mathematically correct and a pattern was obvious to notice.

 

Today when the sun came out, it gave me a huge starburst and I gave this phenomena another try. By relaxing and having your eyes on the light in the starburst itself the pattern appears.

 

After some research I found out that what I'm seeing is my own photoreceptor cells. That is incredible and it's unlikely BFEF or floaters something that you can normally see, unless you got HPPD I guess.

 

Here are some pictures of photoreceptor cell cones which is the pattern I'm seeing within the starbursts:

 

http://labs.nri.ucsb.edu/reese/benjamin/Images/Photoreceptors.jpg

 

http://www.google.se/imgres?imgurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mcw.edu%2FAOIP1%2Fimages%2Fgallery%2FAOSLO_peripheral_mosaic.jpg&imgrefurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mcw.edu%2FAOIP%2FGallery%2FImages.htm&h=913&w=1000&tbnid=kH4Lg3L57B0EGM%3A&zoom=1&docid=mWGWrCgb3Pf6IM&ei=y7avVLqmIITpywPlwIJA&tbm=isch&ved=0CDoQMygyMDI4ZA&iact=rc&uact=3&dur=237&page=4&start=132&ndsp=44

 

I don't know what users that see geometrical patterns on walls and skies etc are seeing as I don't experience that. But could this be related?

 

Also, wouldn't neuro-opthamologists be interested in patients that can see their own photoreceptors? I can't find a single example online of a similar report.

 

If you do suffer from starbursts, please see within it and check if you also can see your photoreceptors.

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