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Why can't I see my blind spot?

Each eye has a hole in its vision — and your brain hides it.

The simple answer

There is a spot in each of your eyes with no light detectors at all, where the optic nerve leaves. You have a genuine hole in your vision right now, in both eyes, and you cannot see it.

Go deeper

There's more: each eye has a hole in its vision — and your brain hides it. The full explanation — and the interactive version you can tap and quiz yourself on — lives in the app.

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