[Digital focus stacking] Compound eyes from Blue Darner (Aeshna cyanea) dragonfly. A compound eye may consist of thousands of individual photoreceptor units or ommatidia (ommatidium, singular). The image perceived is a combination of inputs from the numerous ommatidia (individual 'eye units'), which are located on a convex surface, thus pointing in slightly different directions.

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Photo credit: © Solvin Zankl / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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