Here’s what compound eyes really do — and why flies see you in slow motion. In this episode of Big Ideas, Niba explores how insects actually see the world — from the structure of ommatidia to motion ...
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What would you see if you had eyes like a fly?
Oh my. Have you done something different with your peepers? Like maybe swapped them out for a pair of freakishly oversized ...
Figure 1. (A) Vision in a fast-eyed insect. Reflected light from swiftly moving objects sequentially stimulates the photoreceptors along the individual optical channels called ommatidia, of which the ...
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