Editing Cosmic ray visual phenomena (section)

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'''Cosmic ray visual phenomena''', or '''light flashes''' ('''LF'''), also known as '''Astronaut's Eye''', are spontaneous flashes of [[light]] [[visual perception|visually perceived]] by some [[astronaut]]s outside the [[magnetosphere]] of the Earth, such as during the [[Apollo program]]. While LF may be the result of actual photons of visible light being sensed by the retina,<ref name="Hecht1942">{{cite journal |title=Energy, Quanta, and Vision |journal=Journal of General Physiology |first1=Selig |last1=Hecht |first2=Simon |last2=Shlaer |first3=Maurice Henri |last3=Pirenne |volume=25 |issue=6 |pages=819–840 |date=July 1942 |doi=10.1085/jgp.25.6.819 |pmid=19873316 |pmc=2142545}}</ref> the LF discussed here could also pertain to [[phosphenes]], which are sensations of light produced by the activation of neurons along the visual pathway.<ref name="Dobelle1974">{{cite journal |title=Phosphenes produced by electrical stimulation of human occipital cortex, and their application to the development of a prosthesis for the blind |journal=The Journal of Physiology |first1=W. H. |last1=Dobelle |first2=M. G. |last2=Mladejovsky |volume=243 |issue=2 |pages=553–576 |date=December 1974 |doi=10.1113/jphysiol.1974.sp010766 |pmid=4449074 |pmc=1330721}}</ref>