White spots when looking at the sky?!


Question:

White spots when looking at the sky?

So... for about 6 months now I have been seeing white spots anytime I look at the sky. It is kinda like how you see the spots on the television when using rabbit ears. Any ideas on what would cause that? Thinking I need to see the doctor but not really wanting to. Thanks

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6 hours ago
It isn't from looking at the sun either. It is anytime I just look at the sky during the daytime of course. At night I don't see them because the sky is dark.


Answers:

Could be two things: one is floaters, they are caused by the gel like fluid in your eyes that condences and becomes noticable. Completely harmless and supposed to fade when you get older. Secondly, it could actually be your blood cells! If you look into the sky closely, very closely, you can actually see them moving around in your eyes! I'm not kidding.

"Floaters are suspended in the vitreous humour, the thick fluid or gel that fills the eye. Thus, they generally follow the rapid motions of the eye, while drifting slowly within the fluid. When they are first noticed, the natural reaction is to attempt to look directly at them. However, attempting to shift one's gaze toward them can be difficult since floaters follow the motion of the eye, remaining to the side of the direction of gaze. Floaters are, in fact, visible only because they do not remain perfectly fixed within the eye. Although the blood vessels of the eye also obstruct light, they are invisible under normal circumstances because they are fixed in location relative to the retina, and the brain "tunes out" stabilized images due to neural adaptation. This does not occur with floaters and they remain visible.

Floaters are particularly noticeable when looking at a blank surface or an open monochromal space, such as blue sky. Despite the name "floaters", many of these specks have a tendency to sink toward the bottom of the eyeball, in whichever way the eyeball is oriented; the supine position tends to concentrate them near the fovea, which is the center of gaze, while the textureless and evenly lit sky forms an ideal background against which to view them."




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