Weird thing with my eye and a mirror

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If I press my forehead up against a mirror and get my eye real close to the surface, and then concentrate on the little white dot of light, I can see a circular, black and white image of...well, weird stuff. Like cells and floaty things, and occasionally my eyelashes. It's like looking under a microscope. It's slightly uncomfortable but if you shift around and focus you can get a pretty big and clear picture. I used to do this for long stretches of time as a kid. Does anyone else do this and does anyone understand the physics behind what the hell's going on there. If you have no idea what I'm talking about try it! I've googled this and asked people and no one ever knows what the hell I'm talking about.

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  • xino00
    14 years ago

    this is normal.

    I didn't get the part about you looking real close to the surface:/

    But yes it's normal.
    Sometimes when I look at the sky, I see small transparent cell like shapes, if I move my eys up or down it's like I'm chasing after them.

    Then again you may be talking about this: when I stare at anything with deep focus without blinking, this thing starts to look different than normal.

    So it's normal

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    • x0xTWIGGYx0x
      13 years ago

      No you dont know what he talking about.

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    • DianneMarieTurner
      14 years ago

      Are you talking about those little lights you see when you close then open your eyes again in a lighted room?

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  • dreaming12
    13 years ago

    Lol me too.

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  • sneeze
    13 years ago

    eye floaters

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  • erikaakire
    13 years ago

    yes! i know exactly what you are talking about. i used to do that all the time when i was little. i had a bracelet with shiny beads and whenever i was bored in school i would look into it and would always pretend i was looking into a microscope. i think it's normal and i've always wanted to understand the optical science behind it.

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  • x0xTWIGGYx0x
    13 years ago

    no i know what you mean lol!!!!!!!! me and my cousin call it ""the cell" we would press our faces together and look into each others eyes and see the little white spec and the cells in it lol your fully right its like high def when u see it aye? i have seen it in my eye, my eyelashes other peoples eyes and i used to have a bridge piercing and i would always notice it lol and when you blink the cells move you can even see the out lines of your eye lashes too. i think its just light reflecting, so clad u have posted this thank you. :)

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  • RHGERHDAF
    14 years ago

    I see that too, probably related to /something/ in eye physiology.

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  • hotchickie81
    14 years ago

    I've never heard of this, but now you've got me curious...

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