Thread: Here's another goodie I think. Ladies and gentlemen... your thoughts please

I was having a cigarette on my back deck and the sun was out. I was looking up into the sky, just watching the smoke rise and not thinking anything particular. While looking up I saw those familiar lil white specks that show up when you let your eyes relax. The ones that swirl around eachother and fly out of your field of vision why you try to focus on any of them.

So my question:
How does this phenomenon occur? Where do these particles, for lack of a better term, originate? Outside my eye, i.e. is light striking them earnestly? Are there small molecules in my eye that are not allowing light to pass through for a brief moment that create these? Are the nerve signals from the eye to the brain missing information somehow that your brain fills in when your not paying attention to it? Is my brain just misfiring?

Your thoughts on what those little specks are.

I'm guessing muscae volantee--I going to have to look up that spelling

Volitantes

A very good explanation of 'this' is available from 'Wikipedia'.. as its also found on U tube.. some amusing stuff in there.. good reading.

Muscae Volitantes... floaters.

The floaters are a faint grey and slow moving. I am troubled by these a bit now that I am old and wrinkly.
Is what you are asking about the tiny, blue-white, bright sparks that fly about really quickly. I have, occasionally, seen them. They don't last long.

The latter Tao, the blue-white bright sparks.

Ah, sprites, Blue field entoptic phenomenon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

I'd never bothered to find out what they were called. They always seem to happen suddenly, then fade away in a few moments.
I suppose there's something that triggers the mind to stop filtering them out - then the habit takes over again.

Intergalactic travellers in another dimension descending our atmosphere in your field of view...

Micro ships.. Aliens..

or perfectly normal blood vessel activity within your eye..

and as the science of this is exposed..

the conspiracy boso's head for their key boards..

It could be a sign.. NO not from the 'other'side..

but that you might be mildly diabetic.. Go talk with a doctor...

Originally Posted by TaoZero5

The floaters are a faint grey and slow moving. I am troubled by these a bit now that I am old and wrinkly.
Is what you are asking about the tiny, blue-white, bright sparks that fly about really quickly. I have, occasionally, seen them. They don't last long.

They only 'move' slowly if you do not try to follow them.... I've had them for years. As for the blue-white 'sparks', they can be caused by a few things...some harmful, some not and some in between. For me, when I get the 'sparks' I know that a migraine is on its way...