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**NOT MY ORIGINAL POSE**

Cyclops has the power to emit beams of energy from his eyes. Although the beams have the appearance of red light (i.e., electromagnetic radiation in a red wavelength), they do not give off heat and instead deliver tremendous concussive force. Early accounts describe Cyclops' eye beams as the product of his body metabolizing sunlight and other ambient energy (much as his brother Havok metabolizes cosmic radiation) and releasing this energy in the form of beams (hence in some stories Cyclops depletes his body's energy reserves and needs to recharge through exposure to sunlight). Later accounts state that Cyclops' eyes contain inter-dimensional apertures, releasing powerful energies from that dimension into his own in the form of beams. Additionally, these later accounts state that his body's natural metabolization of ambient energy is necessary to open the apertures in his eyes. Whatever their exact source, these beams or 'optic blasts' are tremendously powerful, able to rupture steel plates and pulverize rock. Depending on the size of the aperture opening, the beams can be released in various widths, appearing in enormous bursts on rare occasions. Their effective range is approximately 2,000 ft. They have been observed to level a skyscraper, or can be focused tight enough to punch a pin hole in a dime. Cyclops' beams have are also able to reflect off certain shiny surfaces; in concert with Cyclops' intuitive sense of spatial geometry, this reflective quality of his beams allows him to bounce the beams off many different surfaces in rapid succession so as to strike a desired target from an unexpected angle. Summers is immune to the harmful effects of his own powers—his mind generates a natural psionic field which surrounds his body and is attuned to forces that keep the apertures in his eyes open. The psionic field safely absorbs the energy of his beams if they should come into contact with his body, harmlessly shunting them back to their dimension of origin. This also protects him from the natural opposing motion from the beams' projection that would act on his body and his head and neck in particular. In original depictions, Scott cannot control his power due to a head injury in his childhood, though this is later retconned in Astonishing X-Men Vol. 2 as being due to a self-imposed mental block he made as a child to deal with the traumatic events of his life. With the help of Emma Frost, Scott is able to briefly bypass his own mental block and control his powers, though he reveals that his control is waning and temporary. Because of his general lack of control over his mutant powers, Cyclops requires his trademark visor made with synthetic ruby quartz—the only substance that can safely contain his optic blasts due to the quartz naturally resonating with his body's natural psionic field. Cyclops can also manually adjust his visor to change the width of his optic blasts. Although he typically wears his visor, he has also utilized casual sunglasses and contact lenses made from the same ruby quartz as his visor lens. Scott is also immune to the power of his brother Alex, and vice versa. However, he has only a limited resistance to his brother Vulcan's powers. Well, as always, ENJOY

Cyclops is (c) of Marvel Comics.

Description
**NOT MY ORIGINAL POSE**

Cyclops has the power to emit beams of energy from his eyes. Although the beams have the appearance of red light (i.e., electromagnetic radiation in a red wavelength), they do not give off heat and instead deliver tremendous concussive force. Early accounts describe Cyclops' eye beams as the product of his body metabolizing sunlight and other ambient energy (much as his brother Havok metabolizes cosmic radiation) and releasing this energy in the form of beams (hence in some stories Cyclops depletes his body's energy reserves and needs to recharge through exposure to sunlight). Later accounts state that Cyclops' eyes contain inter-dimensional apertures, releasing powerful energies from that dimension into his own in the form of beams. Additionally, these later accounts state that his body's natural metabolization of ambient energy is necessary to open the apertures in his eyes. Whatever their exact source, these beams or 'optic blasts' are tremendously powerful, able to rupture steel plates and pulverize rock. Depending on the size of the aperture opening, the beams can be released in various widths, appearing in enormous bursts on rare occasions. Their effective range is approximately 2,000 ft. They have been observed to level a skyscraper, or can be focused tight enough to punch a pin hole in a dime. Cyclops' beams have are also able to reflect off certain shiny surfaces; in concert with Cyclops' intuitive sense of spatial geometry, this reflective quality of his beams allows him to bounce the beams off many different surfaces in rapid succession so as to strike a desired target from an unexpected angle. Summers is immune to the harmful effects of his own powers—his mind generates a natural psionic field which surrounds his body and is attuned to forces that keep the apertures in his eyes open. The psionic field safely absorbs the energy of his beams if they should come into contact with his body, harmlessly shunting them back to their dimension of origin. This also protects him from the natural opposing motion from the beams' projection that would act on his body and his head and neck in particular. In original depictions, Scott cannot control his power due to a head injury in his childhood, though this is later retconned in Astonishing X-Men Vol. 2 as being due to a self-imposed mental block he made as a child to deal with the traumatic events of his life. With the help of Emma Frost, Scott is able to briefly bypass his own mental block and control his powers, though he reveals that his control is waning and temporary. Because of his general lack of control over his mutant powers, Cyclops requires his trademark visor made with synthetic ruby quartz—the only substance that can safely contain his optic blasts due to the quartz naturally resonating with his body's natural psionic field. Cyclops can also manually adjust his visor to change the width of his optic blasts. Although he typically wears his visor, he has also utilized casual sunglasses and contact lenses made from the same ruby quartz as his visor lens. Scott is also immune to the power of his brother Alex, and vice versa. However, he has only a limited resistance to his brother Vulcan's powers. Well, as always, ENJOY

Cyclops is (c) of Marvel Comics.