And do you, like me, believe they are cosmic rays hitting your eyeball?
2006-10-16 05:37:00 · 27 answers · asked by Kango Man 5 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
If a high speed cosmic particle hits an atom in your eyeball it can cause a momentary flash call a scintillation. This should be a reasonably rare thing but if not see the other explanations for a defective retina causing problems with your eyesight.
You could also be crazy but I assume you aren't LOL!!! ;-)
2006-10-16 06:45:34 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I do see little tiny sparks of blue occasionally, but I have never associated it with cosmic rays. I also have small green lights that move along the side of my eye. Doctor and optometrist say this is the slight pull on the retina at the back of the eye. Harmless.
2006-10-16 12:43:50 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The tiny blue flashes that appear after compressing the eyeball are related to the neurons in the eyes rods and cones firing. However, if you experience this out of the blue, it may be a degenerative nerve condition. Or mearly just a mis-fire of the nerves in the eye.
Cosmic rays are broken down as follows... with the top most (Gamma) being the most dangerous...
Gamma Rays
Hard X-Rays
Soft X-Rays
Ultraviolet
Visible Light
Infrared
Microwaves
Radio Waves
As you can see, highly unlikely.
2006-10-16 12:47:15 · answer #3 · answered by Steven 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Only when I start to get a migraine so they are definitely not cosmic rays more like short circuiting electrical activity within the visual cortex
2006-10-16 12:42:10 · answer #4 · answered by StephE 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's possible that you are catching cosmic particles. I had to do an experiment once where I 'caught' mu leptons coming from the sun using a pretty basic piece of kit. I often thought that those little flashes were due to these little blighters.
2006-10-16 12:49:15 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I've seen them and quite often I should say. what it is I don't know, but I often wonder, because there has been times that I have seen those tiny lights every where I look and for minutes at a time. So I've been reading about KUNDALINI energy, and every body having experiences like this should too, cause it can explain a lot of things that before were meaningless
2006-10-16 12:49:00 · answer #6 · answered by wanna_help_u 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Try wearing tin foil on your head. If the flashes continue, I would say that they were not cosmic rays.
2006-10-16 13:09:09 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Only when I am fryin on acid (LSD) and I look up into the atmoshphere toward the source of the rays do I see that.
The LSD makes me more Cosmic Ray Sensitive....
2006-10-16 12:42:22 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, perhaps it is cosmic rays that do get through the atmosphere!
2006-10-16 13:29:19 · answer #9 · answered by Richard A 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes occasionally. As soon as they hit, it blurs my vision. Another interesting thing is if I want to see them again, I have to look at them with tilted eyes. If I see them in a straight line, they just disappear.
2006-10-16 13:20:49 · answer #10 · answered by Kam 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋