Cones in the Retina (IMAGE)

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Cones in the Retina

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These are images of the smallest cone photoreceptors in the retina, about 2 microns wide. Coloration was added to represent the different wavelengths of light used to capture the images after compensating chromatic aberration.

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Xiaoyun Jiang, Ramkumar Sabesan, University of Washington

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