Eyes Glow in Different Colors, I have mentioned that it is really cold here, so I have a lot of time on my hands. This allows you to see how my thought pattern works in the mornings. I was taking photos of my dogs this morning with the flash on and that is when I noticed thy have different color glowing eyes. So I had to look up why.

Eyes that glow in the pitch-black night make for many a scary tale. But the glowing eyes is what makes them see better at night. That light-reflecting surface, is called tapetum lucidum.

When light enters the eye, it’s supposed to hit a photoreceptor that transmits the information to the brain. But sometimes the light doesn’t hit the photoreceptor, so the tapetum lucidum acts as a mirror to bounce it back for a second chance.

And not all eyes animals’ glow the same color. There are varying amounts of pigment within the retina, and that can affect the color, along with age.

Now it did say cats eyes glow also, I took a lot of photos of my cat with the flash on and I could not get the glow to come out. Juts the look of disdain and stop flashing my eyes, look from her.

Most animals that have a tapetum lucidum in their eyes are mammals, nocturnal animals.

Some species of birds – such as owls – have eyes that appear to glow.

But birds do not have a tapetum lucidum layer in their eyes. But their eyes are beautiful just the same.

Eyes Glow in Different Colors

by Sandra J