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Entry 1-288: October 9, 2013
Rome's eyes glow
Ever since I started working on the modern version of Rome's Revolution, I really wanted their eyes to glow. I thought it would be a cool effect and make the Vuduri seem somewhat alien. But why would their eyes glow? As a hard science fiction writer, I had to find a scientific principle behind it.
From a dramatic sense, the first thing Rei notices about Rome is that her eyes seem to glow, even in the dimmest light. So I postulated that the Vuduri have an extra reflective layer of tissue behind their retinas to reflect light forward. This completes the Maksutov-Cassegrain reflector, built into their eyes which give them telescopic vision.
From Wikipedia: The tapetum lucidum (Latin: "bright tapestry") is a layer of tissue in the eye of many vertebrate animals. It lies immediately behind the retina. It reflects visible light back through the retina, increasing the light available to the photoreceptors. The tapetum lucidum contributes to the superior night vision of some animals. Many of these animals are nocturnal, especially carnivores that hunt their prey at night, while others are deep sea animals. Eyeshine is a visible effect of the tapetum lucidum. When light shines into the eye of an animal having a tapetum lucidum, the pupil appears to glow. Eyeshine can be seen in many animals, in nature and in flash photographs.