kids encyclopedia robot

Image: Spookeye

Kids Encyclopedia Facts
Original image(SVG file, nominally 647 × 604 pixels, file size: 11 KB)

Description: The Dolichopteryx longipes is the only vertebrate known to use a mirror in its eye. The Barrel shaped eye consists of the main eye (2) which conventionally uses a lens (c) to focus light from above on the retina (d) while the secondary eye (1) uses a reflective crystal (b) to focus light from below on the secondary retina (a).
Title: Spookeye
Credit: Own work
Author: Egmason
Usage Terms: Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0
License: CC BY-SA 3.0
License Link: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0
Attribution Required?: Yes

The following page links to this image:

kids search engine