Dog with Eyeshine
by Scott Camazine
Title
Dog with Eyeshine
Artist
Scott Camazine
Medium
Photograph - Photograph
Description
A Shiba Inu dog showing eyeshine from the tapetum lucidum. The tapetum lucidum (from Latin meaning "bright carpet") is a reflecting layer immediately behind and sometimes within the retina of the eye of many vertebrates, such as dogs, deer and cats. It serves to reflect light back to the retina, increasing the quantity of light caught by the retina. This improves vision in low light conditions. The reflective effect of the Tapetum lucidum is often called eyeshine. The tapetum lucidum is not present in the human eye, which is why humans have poor night vision.
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January 6th, 2015
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Andrea Lazar
A fascinating and very informative image! First, this is a breed I had not seen before - and looking it up, I see how adorable and varied they are! Then there is the 'eyeshine' - also never heard of it. But I looked that up, also, and wow! it's fascinating! Thank you for this terrific photo and the opportunity to learn so much from it. Love it! L.F.