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The blinking eye of a Masked Lapwing in Cairns, Queensland, Australia. The nictitating membrane closes from only one side, and is translucent. The eyelids themselves do not close during blinking, but do so for sleep.
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| Author | Toby Hudson |
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This is a retouched picture, which means that it has been digitally altered from its original version. Modifications: Some sharpening of the third frame, cloning of the sun reflection, and some chromatic aberration correction..
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| current | 06:59, 25 March 2011 | | 1,380 × 460 (369 KB) | 99of9 | cloned sun-reflection in the left eye per http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Featured_picture_candidates/Nictitating_Membrane |
| 01:11, 25 March 2011 |  | 1,380 × 460 (369 KB) | 99of9 | Tiny colour balance adjustment of 3rd frame to make it consistent with the others. | |
| 00:52, 25 March 2011 |  | 1,380 × 460 (368 KB) | 99of9 | {{Information |Description ={{en|1=The blinking eye of a Masked Lapwing in Cairns, Queensland, Australia. The nictitating membrane closes from only one side, and is translucent. The eyelids themselves d |
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