Did you ever notice those moving spots in your eyes when you look up at the sun or a light?

Question

Sometimes when I look at the sun or a light I see these clear moving circles. Does anyone know exactly what they are? And I'm serious about this, no rude answers please.

Answer 1

Yeah, the 2 answer's that called them "floater's" were right. I get them alot outdoors, or in a room that has light colored walls...anywhere that is bright. They don't obstruct my vision, and I hardly notice them, but when I do, they are annoying lol.

Answer 2

They're called vitreal floaters.  As we age the vitreous (which is the jelly-like material inside the eye), starts to liquify, and as these little liquified spots pass over the retina, they cast shadow....which are the spots that you see.  They can look like circles, dots, hair, or any manner of things.  They're perfectly normal-essentially everyone has them, although they may not notice them.  If a sudden shower occurs-with a large amount that obscures the vision-that can also be a sign of a retinal detachment.  Sometimes diabetics will bleed inside their eyes, and it may be spots or clots of blood that will dissapate.  Some people also notice them before a migraine (called a visual aura)-they're just manufactured by the brain at that point.

Answer 3

Ohh I know what you mean. Like after you look at the sun or something bright a little circle will like... float around. It's weird. Sometimes it's annoying, too. :)

Answer 4

I think they are called floaters. I'm not in the medical field, therefore cannot explain this condition in more detail. You would have to read more on it yourself. From wikipedia:

Floaters are deposits of various size, shape, consistency, refractive index, and motility within the eye's vitreous humour, which is normally transparent.[1][2] They may be of embryonic origin or acquired due to degenerative changes of the vitreous humour or retina.[1] The perception of floaters is known as myodesopsia, or less commonly as myiodeopsia, myiodesopsia, or myodeopsia.[1] Floaters appear as shadow-like shapes that appear alone or together with several others in one's field of vision. They may appear as spots, threads, or fragments of cobwebs, which float slowly before the sufferer's eyes.[2] Since these objects exist within the eye itself, they are not optical illusions but are entoptic phenomena.

One specific type of floater is either called Muscae volitantes (from the Latin, meaning 'flying flies'), or mouches volantes (from the French), and consist of small spots, these are present in most people's eyes and are attributed to minute remnants of embryonic structures in the vitreous humour.[1]

Another good reason to not stare directly at the sun.

Answer 5

Yeah I know what your talking about, it's very normal to see tiny little white spots as look up at the sun.

Answer 6

I've always wondered, because they would be tiny little spots of white and blue light.

Answer 7

This happens to jus about everyone, it's normal.

It's just your eye adjusting from looknig at such a bright object to looking at soemthing not so birght.

It's perfectly fine.