The afterimage is a simple consequence of adaptation of the rods and cones of the retina. From Wordnik.com. [Color + Design Blog by COLOURlovers / Feed] Reference
Cool demonstration of the rapid afterimage effect. From Wordnik.com. [Mind Hacks: June 2005 Archives] Reference
Visual footprints formed in afterimage in his brain. From Wordnik.com. [A Corridor in the Asylum] Reference
It left an afterimage that blinking couldn't get rid of. From Wordnik.com. [Lucifer's Hammer]
Klaus's words hung in her mind like a ghostly afterimage. From Wordnik.com. [Soul] Reference
The bright afterimage was still there, although it was fading. From Wordnik.com. [Lucifer's Hammer]
But he bent his head closer anyway and stared at the afterimage. From Wordnik.com. [One Shot]
Nothing was left except this eerie, fading afterimage in the sky. From Wordnik.com. [Black Friday]
I recently found out that it was probably just another afterimage. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2009-04-01] Reference
Then the lights were gone, leaving behind a fiery-comet afterimage. From Wordnik.com. [Take Me for a Ride: coming of age in a destructive cult] Reference
A purple bar of light still seemed to cross his vision in afterimage. From Wordnik.com. [The Fires of Heaven]
Its afterimage was a blue balloon in the bearded man's field of view. From Wordnik.com. [Lucifer's Hammer]
An indigo afterimage on her retinas left her blind for a few seconds. From Wordnik.com. [Reap the Whirlwind] Reference
The afterimage of the flare lingered in her mind's eye like lightning's arc. From Wordnik.com. [Men Don't Leave Me] Reference
His mind held the afterimage of her smile, and he wondered, how does she do it?. From Wordnik.com. [World of Ptavvs]
Slowly, like an afterimage, she let the recorded picture form again in awareness. From Wordnik.com. [The Complete Federation Of The Hub]
A hint of a flicker of afterimage indicated that they were pretending to be women. From Wordnik.com. [Angry Lead Skies]
The blog is no longer with us, but its afterimage stays on the worldwide web forever. From Wordnik.com. [Rant at Anibation] Reference
Then, blinking away the fiery afterimage, she saw Simon standing in the open doorway. From Wordnik.com. [The Mortal Instruments: Book One: City of Bones] Reference
He shut his eyes as it left to cut down on the afterimage it would paint on his retina. From Wordnik.com. [Nuke Zone]
Meteors cut and burn, cut and burn, cauterizing to afterimage scars, fading, fading. From Wordnik.com. [The Hand of Oberon]
Then he glanced at his tricorder, and he realized the afterimage wasn't the only evidence. From Wordnik.com. [Addicts] Reference
The afterimage was like the pain an amputee might still feel after he lost an arm or a leg. From Wordnik.com. [The World Science Festival: Oliver Sacks at the MET - ArtsBeat Blog - NYTimes.com] Reference
The afterimage was on my retina, a green line thin as a razor's edge, pointing right at him. From Wordnik.com. [Minnesota Menage] Reference
Slowly it grew dimmer, but the afterimage of the launch stayed in my eyes for the next half-hour. From Wordnik.com. [Esther Dyson: Release 0.9: Simonyi Launch Tour - The Launch Itself!] Reference
For a moment he could see nothing but the afterimage of a giant red globe imprinted on his brain. From Wordnik.com. [Dragons of Spring Dawning]
When his rainbow afterimage had vanished I looked away and noticed that Dara was crying silently. From Wordnik.com. [The Courts of Chaos]
The afterimage of the enormous winged flame-horse still lingered on the otter's outraged retinas. From Wordnik.com. [A Corridor in the Asylum] Reference
She could see the afterimage of lamplight reflected against her inner lids, like tiny starbursts. From Wordnik.com. [The Mortal Instruments: Book One: City of Bones] Reference
The unicorn form faded, jerked out of shape, grew white, faded again, was gone, like an afterimage. From Wordnik.com. [Smart Dragons, Foolish Elves]
Reacher had set out walking straight ahead and had scrutinized the afterimage his night vision had retained. From Wordnik.com. [One Shot]
The other failed even as his punched through the wall, leaving a purple afterimage fanning across his vision. From Wordnik.com. [The Fires of Heaven]
The let's-be-somewhere-else-ers died off long ago, and what am I but a faded afterimage of a forgotten former self?. From Wordnik.com. [bard Diary Entry] Reference
It was all so sudden and so close that Ellen automatically pulled up, then had to retrim, while the afterimage cleared in her brain. From Wordnik.com. [Kahawa]
To create such an afterimage in a simple way, one need only gaze at a brightly lit window and then at a faintly lit wall of the room. From Wordnik.com. [Man or Matter] Reference
She saw the circular afterimage of the dazzling orb against the red background of her lowered eyelids, and felt the welcoming warmth. From Wordnik.com. [The Mammoth Hunters]
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