what happens to a photon after it hits my eye?

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the photon is absorbed by the photoreceptor cells at the back of your eye. this starts a reaction that ends with a nerve signal on your optic nerve which transmits the signal to the visual cortex where your brain makes an image.

To directly answer your question: the photon no longer exists.

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