In my AP Biology class we dissected a sheep's eye. I have always enjoyed dissections because I am very interested in the body and how it works. This dissection was no different, in fact, it was more interesting because it would explore the miracle of sight. The process started out fairly normal; cut here, remove this, use the scalpel here, etc. However it got much more interesting once the retina was removed and the choroid was exposed as shown in the picture above. It was a beautiful blue-green color, absolutely amazing. This explains why animals eyes show up as green if you take their picture at night, what you are seeing is the light from the flash reflecting off of this part of the eye.
Just another fun surprise to add to the blog I suppose.
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