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A perceived flash or pattern of light without an external light source.
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Name a flash of light perceived without an external source.A technically grounded image for a character’s internal flash, afterimage, or altered perception.
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- brief phosphene
- visual phosphene
- pressure-induced phosphene
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Blue phosphenes flickered behind her closed eyes after the camera flash.
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- phosphene
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An internally perceived visual sensation, not an object emitting light; phosphenes may follow retinal stimulation or pressure on a closed eye.
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