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                                (Figure 1.19). The choroid layer

                [He is] the Originator of the heavens and Earth. When He decides on
                something, He just says to it, "Be!" and it is. (Qur'an, 2: 117)


                The Paint of the Retina
                So that it can stimulate the cone and rod cells, light entering the eye
           passes first through two layers—one of which is the melanin layer, contain-
           ing a black pigment. Melanin absorbs any light passing through the retina,
           thus preventing it from reflecting back and away. Without the melanin layer,
           light would scatter itself around inside the eye, and no coherent images
           could be formed. In other words, the retina is lined with black pigment called
           melanin—just as the inside of a camera is black—to lessen the amount of re-
           flection.
                To look at this topic from another angle, consider the question, "Who
           painted the inside of my camera black?" The answer requires hardly any

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