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promptsforyourwhumpfic · 1 year

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Whump Prompt #1097

Snow blindness - the overexposure to UV light, often due to the reflection of light from snow on the ground.

It has symptoms that include eye pain, blurred vision, headaches, swollen eyelids, watery eyes, glaring vision and temporary vision loss.

Your whumpee gets this after spending too long in a winter wasteland; they forgot their protective goggles but didn't realise until it was too late. When they return to the safehouse, it takes everything in their power to not cry against the building migraine, bright indoor lights and fear from their symptoms.

Thankfully the condition goes away on it’s own, but it’s a pretty miserable condition to have for two-three days.

#ideas #writing #prompts #angst #whump #snow blindness #fear #worry #headaches #migraines #blurred vision #temporary vision loss

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mumblelard · 1 year

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happy new zine day imaginary constructsor this one is creepier than i expected (in a good way)

#uh-huh uh-huh uh-huh uh-huh ooh #snow blindness #tuesdays #ad hoc amputation #zines #because survival is insufficient #lynda barry by way of bedlam asylum #i find myself strangely moved by the copy on this carton of icecream #little bleach spots sprinkled across the front of my shirt like an old school junky #i've got a broken face #survival success #jonathan canady #public collectors #pandemic era #fourth spring

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laikacore · 2 years

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First Peoples Shared Stories: orders open now!

Laika Wallace’s short story, Snow Blindness, has been published in First Peoples Shared Stories by Flame Tree Publishing!

Taken from the publisher’s website: Following the success of Black Sci-Fi Short Stories comes a powerful new addition to the Flame Tree short story collections: the first peoples in Africa, Asia, Oceania and the Americas, the first migration, the first exploration, the discovery of land and landscape without the footprint of humankind. Stories of injustice sit with memories of hope and wonder, dreamtime tales of creation and joy highlight the enduring spirit of humanity. These stories, selected from submissions by new writers and cast alongside ancient stories and oral traditions from around the world bring new perspectives to the legacy of First Nations, of First Peoples.

His addition to the anthology follows a Mi’kmaw trans lesbian and hir daughter searching for a planet for their family to call home after being adrift in space for many generations, and finding something they could never have predicted, for better or for worse…

Orders are open now at the link in the first reblog. Reblogs are very appreciated, as are requests for the book at bookstores and libraries. Thank you for supporting indigenous authors!

#indigenous authors #indigenous fiction #indigenous fantasy #indigenous scifi #support native authors #support indigenous authors #support small authors #flame tree publishing #first peoples shared stories #lesbian characters #trans characters #trans authors #support lgbt authors #two spirit #two spirit authors #mi'kmaw #mi'kmaq #outer space #snow blindness

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biology-geology-beaches-india · 1 year

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Beach birds winging their way over the lustrous liquid silver of the Gosthani River.

The glare here is so intense and must be borne by these birds for such sustained stretches, essentially the entire day, that one marvels these birds do not develop an avian version of snow blindness!!.

We need sunlight to see but sunlight is also detrimental to sight!!!. The ultraviolet rays present in it can cause an opacity of the eye lens - cataract - a serious matter considering that this causes blindness in about 25 million people worldwide. And if there is one species that truly needs ultra-sharp vision for its livelihood it is the high-flying bird!!! Birds don’t peer!!!.

The UV glare from the mobile mirror-like surface of these water apparently cause photo-oxidation of the crystalline proteins in the eye lens, not to mention the generation of superoxide and other reactive oxygen species that do further damage.That the eye lens contains one of the highest concentrations of the antioxidant Ascorbic Acid does not now surprise us!!!

The eye lens is especially vulnerable not only because its proteins are held at super-saturation, making them very vulnerable to precipitation by any chemical or mechanical injury, but in addition do not undergo any molecular or cellular turnover. The lens proteins you are born with are all that you will have for life, and upon reflection it is little short of a molecular miracle that they stay clear and crystalline as long as they do - seven decades.

Cataracts due to relentless sun exposure and glare while out at sea in low-lying boats - that shortens the distance between the shiny surface and the eye - beset the 50,000 fisherman of Srikakulam district - about 130 kilometers from here - many of whom develop lens opacities in their forties precluding many of them then from making a living, a serious matter in a people who essentially live from hand-to-mouth..

How these birds - doubtless long-lived, and fishermen in their own right!! - manage to keep their eyes and vision intact over a lifetime - assuming they do, they well might not - is a puzzle that needs explication.

The puzzle is further accentuated by the fact that reflected light is mostly polarized light, and as the pharmaceutical industry has known for a long time, polarized light is far more potent in producing molecular damage than un-polarized light.

May 10, 2010, Gosthani River confluence, Bheemili, Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh.

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turrondeluxe · 2 months

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samone posting

#mk snow blind #kenshi takahashi #johnny cage #johnshi #mk1 #my art #yes thats a yakuza reference

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matchavtea · 2 months

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themmmm ahsdfhausdaashghgh

#kano smiling hehe #mortal kombat legends: snow blind #kabal #kano mk #erron black #tremor mk

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zkalwayslazy · 4 months

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Sorry Simone-

I can't sleep well for 2 days. Stay until 2 a.m. 😵‍💫 so my mind randomly drew this

*Gosh, how am I so sleepy ?? Kuai-Liang in black eyebrow, I really need to sleep💀*

#mortal kombat #scorpion #sub zero #hanzo hasashi #kuai liang #kenshi takahashi #mk snow blind

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krypion · 9 months

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Mmm.... Los novios.

#sub zero #kuai liang #scorpion #mortal kombat snow blind #hanzo hasashi #subscorp #kuanzo #mortal kombat #mk 1 #mortal kombat legends #kuai liang scorpion

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goldmoonakaa · 7 months

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#mortalkombat art #mortal kombat legends #mortal kombat snow blind #sub zero #kuai liang #kenshi takahashi #kenshi

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keppylo · 1 month

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mortal kombat legends les go i kinda wish to see their interactions even tho not fan of johnshis, legends made very uniq versions both of them you know what else i want to see?? King Kano`s skin on playable AND NOT BALD Kano in mk1 :(