A macro shot of the head of a dragonfly, focusing on its compound eyes. Dragonfly eyes have up to 30,000 facets; each one is a separate light-sensing organ or ommatidium, arranged to give nearly a 360° field of vision.

Photo credit: Fir0002

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Dragonfly

2007-2-11 11:34

It looks...horrible~