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- From: kim39@scws8.harvard.edu (John Kim)
- Newsgroups: rec.photo
- Subject: Re: Red Eye, Yellow Eye - why?
- Message-ID: <1992Nov16.035248.17493@husc3.harvard.edu>
- Date: 16 Nov 92 08:52:47 GMT
- Article-I.D.: husc3.1992Nov16.035248.17493
- References: <7915@skye.ed.ac.uk>
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- In article <7915@skye.ed.ac.uk> jkk@aiai.uucp (John Kingston) writes:
- >Can anyone answer the following:
- >Now I know that "red-eye" is caused by reflections from the retina. What I
- >want to know is, why did the little girl have one "red" eye and one "yellow"
- >eye ? I've never heard of this phenomenon. As far as I can see, her eye pupil
- >looks like a yellow billiard ball - approximately the colour of yellow that
- >John Kingston, |
- >Knowledge Engineering Methods Group, | The heart of the problem
-
- Well, perhaps:
- 1) The different angles of the two eyes caused one eye to show reflections,
- not of the red area of the retina but of soem other area inside
- the eye (you were close up? She has a weak eye?)
- 2) Eye problem or disease
- 3) Photofinisher going through great trouble to have fun at your expense
- 4) defect in paper of film
- 5) Friend's daughter is an alien
- -Case
-