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Re: (meteorobs) re 73P/SW3 meteors: 1930



----- Original Message -----
From: "JG" <jgts@jgws.totalserve.codot uk>
To: <meteorobs@jovian.com>
Sent: Thursday, June 08, 2000 1:46 PM
Subject: (meteorobs) re 73P/SW3 meteors: 1930


> Stare at a clear blue sky.  Concentrate on a small area.  Can you just
detect the
> "wee wiggly wormies" at the edge of perception?  Basically you have an
> impression of little movements that are just discernible, and slightly
brighter
> than the backgound. You're seeing the electric nerve impulses moving in
your
> retina.
>
That's fascinating, John. I've never heard of seeing nerve impulses. How do
these "wormies" differ from the "floaters" that we all see under similar
circumstances -- small bits of more-or-less solid matter floating around in
the transparent vitreous humor that fills our eyeballs?

Paul O. Johnson

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