Interesting facts about our (Human) eye!

in #science7 years ago (edited)

The human eye

HumanEyeBiophotons-696x364.jpg
Image source

The human eye is the organ that is responsible for our vision. It helps us to identify a three dimensional image, a moving image and normally colors in daylight.

Here are some interesting facts about our eye.



  • Most visible color to human eye is yellowish-green color (see here for more details)

VisibleLightSpectrumPlus.jpg
Image source


  • Do you know that there are people who has different colored eyes (Heterochromia).

d947c45a5152820bbbc498f0b0fb8a1f--pretty-eyes-beautiful-eyes.jpg
Image source


  • The human eye blinks on average,
    • 17 times a minute
    • 14280 times a day
    • 5200000 times a year

Eye.jpg
Image source


  • Wrinkles around the eye indicate an honest smile.

duchenne-2.jpg
Image source


  • Why did pirates wear eye patches? Eye patches help their eyes adapt to the bright light on deck and the darkness of prison.

PirateBoston-Archive.jpg
Image source


  • Green eyes are the rarest eye color.

13493148_f520.jpg
Image source


Thank you.

Upvote, Comment, Resteem and follow me!

Check out my previous post

IT'S TIME TO CHANGE

Coin Marketplace

STEEM 0.20
TRX 0.14
JST 0.030
BTC 67917.78
ETH 3516.77
USDT 1.00
SBD 2.72