Human eyes reflect red in flash photographs due to vascularized retinas

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Human eyes reflect red in flash photographs due to the rich vascularization of the retina, which reflects the light back through the pupil.

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The retrieved papers discuss retinal oxygenation, imaging of the retinal vasculature, and retinal physiological processes, which collectively establish the highly vascularized nature of the human retina responsible for the red-eye reflection phenomenon.

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Retinal oxygen: from animals to humans.

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Linsenmeier RA, Zhang HF. Retinal oxygen: from animals to humans.. 2017. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.preteyeres.2017.01.003

Discusses retinal oxygenation and the rich vascular supply of the human retina.

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Imaging the Retinal Vasculature.

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Burns SA, Elsner AE, Gast TJ. Imaging the Retinal Vasculature.. 2021. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-vision-093019-113719

Details optical and structural measurements of the ocular and retinal vasculature.

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On the physiological processes underlying optoretinography [Invited].

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Li H, Zhuo Y, Pandiyan VP, Zaman MA, Ling T, Sabesan R, Palanker D. On the physiological processes underlying optoretinography [Invited].. 2025. https://doi.org/10.1364/boe.573038

Examines physiological processes and light-evoked changes in the retina and its vascularized layers.

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