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Animal Eyes with Mirror Optics

Some man-made mirrors now have reflecting surfaces made up of multiple thin layers instead of metal. It turns out that several kinds of animals have eyes based on the same system

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Scientific American Magazine Vol 239 Issue 6This article was originally published with the title “Animal Eyes with Mirror Optics” in Scientific American Magazine Vol. 239 No. 6 (), p. 126
doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1278-126