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I have noticed that if you look directly at tubelight (I have only white ones in my home) and close your eyes little, you see little random shaped colourless things sometimes with slow speed and sometimes with falling down.

They are shaped like circles with something in between and in chains of random length.

My father has also seen them. So, I am sure I am not imagining things. What the hell are they?

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Those are floaters. These are objects floating in the vitreous humour that fills the eyeball. They typically look like:

Floaters

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  • Thanks. Up until now, I knew that it were white blood cells.. :) – user5612 Apr 26 '14 at 11:34
  • @SachinShekhar They're a variety of stuff. Protein structures, cell debris, etc. –  Apr 26 '14 at 11:45
  • Wikipedia says in old age.Is it normal for a 15 year old kid to see them? –  Apr 26 '14 at 12:06
  • @Awesome: Have you tried Googling to find out? Given that this is a physics site I doubt there are many experts on eye health hereabouts. – John Rennie Apr 26 '14 at 12:10
  • Oh... my bad... happens when you study too much chemistry ... Thanks. –  Apr 26 '14 at 12:15
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    @Awesome: I've seen them ever since I was a little kid, so I don't think it's abnormal. –  Apr 26 '14 at 12:42
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    @Awesome I can recall being fascinated by this when I was still in my cot - probably about 3 years old. I recall quivverring my eyes to make them move around! I'm now 50 and everything sight wise still works well! – Selene Routley Apr 26 '14 at 13:56
  • I've seen them since a young age too so probably nothing to worry about. (Sorry this was supposed to be a response to the existing answer, I can't see how to move it.) –  Apr 26 '14 at 13:04
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In https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_field_entoptic_phenomenon this phenomenon is explained with white blood cells in your retina.

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