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INCREDIBLE SUREN MANVELYAN EYESCAPES CREATE WINDOWS TO THE SOUL
Adelaide Now
Dec 18 2012
Australia
by: Erinna Giblin From: News Limited Network
December 18, 2012 11:30PM
Pictures:
Macro ocular portraits taken by physics teacher The irises reveal
hidden characteristics and alien-like landscapes Complex genetic
relationships determine eye-colour
THESE surprising images show the structure of the eye as you've never
seen before and opens the window to the soul.
They can be the first thing you notice when meeting someone new;
they can be the reason you distrust someone; the reason you first
fall in love with someone.
Although they may appear smooth, round and monochrome, upon closer
inspection our eyes are infinitely complex. The colourful element,
the irises, reveal hidden characteristics and alien-like landscapes.
The centre-dot, the pupil, is the window to the inner-eye, allowing
light to filter through, hitting the optic nerve, which our brain
translates to an image.
The iris not only provides colour and character to the eye but is
also the muscular apparatus that changes the size of the pupil,
according to how much light the eye needs to make a clear picture.
Iris colour, which varies from black to light brown, bright blue
to hazel, from violate to certain shades of pink, is determined by
our genes but scientists are still discovering the complex genetic
relationships which determine a child's eye colour.
These incredible macro ocular portraits were taken by Armenian physics
teacher Suren Manvelyan, 36, using the eyes of his friends, colleagues
and pupils.
He told the Daily Mail: "It is quite natural when you shoot macro
shots of insects and plants, but to try to make a picture of the eye?
I did not expect these results,' he said.
"I was not aware they are of such complicated appearance. Everyday we
see hundreds of eyes but do not even suspect they have such beautiful
structure, like surfaces of unknown planets."
The complexity of the human eye is thanks to hundreds of millions of
years of evolution. Scientists believe that our eyes developed from
light-sensitive cells which were able to sense light from dark.
http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/technology/incredible-eyescapes-create-windows-to-the-soul/story-fn7bfu22-1226539848952
From: A. Papazian
Adelaide Now
Dec 18 2012
Australia
by: Erinna Giblin From: News Limited Network
December 18, 2012 11:30PM
Pictures:
Macro ocular portraits taken by physics teacher The irises reveal
hidden characteristics and alien-like landscapes Complex genetic
relationships determine eye-colour
THESE surprising images show the structure of the eye as you've never
seen before and opens the window to the soul.
They can be the first thing you notice when meeting someone new;
they can be the reason you distrust someone; the reason you first
fall in love with someone.
Although they may appear smooth, round and monochrome, upon closer
inspection our eyes are infinitely complex. The colourful element,
the irises, reveal hidden characteristics and alien-like landscapes.
The centre-dot, the pupil, is the window to the inner-eye, allowing
light to filter through, hitting the optic nerve, which our brain
translates to an image.
The iris not only provides colour and character to the eye but is
also the muscular apparatus that changes the size of the pupil,
according to how much light the eye needs to make a clear picture.
Iris colour, which varies from black to light brown, bright blue
to hazel, from violate to certain shades of pink, is determined by
our genes but scientists are still discovering the complex genetic
relationships which determine a child's eye colour.
These incredible macro ocular portraits were taken by Armenian physics
teacher Suren Manvelyan, 36, using the eyes of his friends, colleagues
and pupils.
He told the Daily Mail: "It is quite natural when you shoot macro
shots of insects and plants, but to try to make a picture of the eye?
I did not expect these results,' he said.
"I was not aware they are of such complicated appearance. Everyday we
see hundreds of eyes but do not even suspect they have such beautiful
structure, like surfaces of unknown planets."
The complexity of the human eye is thanks to hundreds of millions of
years of evolution. Scientists believe that our eyes developed from
light-sensitive cells which were able to sense light from dark.
http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/technology/incredible-eyescapes-create-windows-to-the-soul/story-fn7bfu22-1226539848952
From: A. Papazian