Why do our eyelids not block out all outside light when they are closed?
In: Biology
For the same reason you can see blood vessels under your skin at your wrists. Skin is translucent, it doesn’t block all light that hits it.
Hold a flashlight up to your finger and see how it seems to glow. That glow is light passing through all the tissue, much more than makes up your eyelid.
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