"They can fix it by brace yourselves, drilling a hole thru your eye!" Brinkley said. "It's not as gruesome as it sounds. In fact I just had it done in this photo, piece of cake." ...

In other words, this just means if you're seeing a ballooning black hole right now, your pupils are probably dilating, or increasing in diameter, as they would if the hole were legitimately expanding.

A hole in the retina is a small opening that forms in the light-sensitive part of the eye. Such holes can develop anywhere in the retina but may occur in the center, an area called the macula.

Medically reviewed by Christine L. Larsen, MD The pupil is the opening located in the center of the iris of the eye. It controls the amount of light that enters the eye so that you can see clearly ...

image: The 'expanding hole' is an illusion new to science, strong enough to prompt the human eye pupils to dilate in anticipation of entering a dark space. view more Credit: Laeng, Nabil, and Kitaoka ...

Mark Boucher, the former South Africa wicketkeeper, lost the lens, iris and pupil in the eye injury which forced him to announce his international retirement, he said Wednesday.