Whenever a photon of light enters your eyes, it collides with our photoreceptors. Occasionally, it will strike some of the retinol that the opsins are holding. The impact dislodges the retinol from the opson, which the photoreceptor perceives and sends a signal to your brain, indicating that light is present. Considering the constant interaction between light and our photoreceptors, you might wonder why we don't eventually go blind, as all of our retinol gets knocked out eventually
Jordan Tepper
@JordanTepper · 0:25
You. Hey, Bob, it kind of reminds me of the song from Captain Hall and Private Oats. Pirate eyes they're watching you you know they can't see good pirate eyes they're watching you they're watching you watching you pirate eyes ah