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Subjective Haloes

from Planets and Animals by Bob Drake

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Haloes may be divided
into subjective and objective
the latter distinguished from the former
by the circumstance of their vanishing when
the source of light that produces them
on the retina
is covered or removed
though this effect is not at an end here
not confined to the impression of the image

That a nimbus of this kind is produced
round the luminous image in the eye
may best be observed in a darkened room
if we look towards a moderately large opening
in a window shutter
if we do this the image is surrounded
by a circular misty light.

Subjective haloes may be considered the result
of a conflict between light and a living surface.

Many cases seem to indicate
a circular action in the retina
whether owing to the round form of the eye itself
and its different parts
or perhaps to some other cause.

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from Planets and Animals, released December 6, 2020

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