What is the fate of a photon after it hits the retina and is absorbed by an Opsin Molecule?

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What is the fate of a photon after it hits the retina and is absorbed by an Opsin Molecule?

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You said it right there, it got absorbed. It has ceased to be.

It got absorbed and that energy was enough stimulation to activate the cell on your retina, and that activation becomes a signal that is transmitted to the brain.

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