While you are posing for a picture, the camera's flash goes off and you feel a momentary sense of pain in your eyes. This is most likely a result of ____.
A) the sudden breakdown of large amounts of photopigments
B) a relatively common example of synesthesia in which light is experienced as touch
C) a large increase in the speed of the action potentials being fired
D) rods, cones, horizontal, bipolar, amacrine, and ganglion cells firing all at the same time

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The sudden flash of light from the camera causes a large amount of photopigments in the eyes to break down all at once, which can cause a temporary sense of pain or discomfort in the eyes.

While You Are Posing for a Picture, the Camera's Flash