Epicurus0319@sopuli.xyz to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 8 months agoWhy does looking directly at the sun damage your eyes?message-squaremessage-square31fedilinkarrow-up175arrow-down16
arrow-up169arrow-down1message-squareWhy does looking directly at the sun damage your eyes?Epicurus0319@sopuli.xyz to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 8 months agomessage-square31fedilink
minus-squaresilencer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up15·8 months agoOn a related note, why is it that looking at the sky when there’s a lot of light, if I use both eyes it hurts, but if I keep one closed I can see the sky just fine?
minus-squareTheBananaKing@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·8 months agoThat’s actually a bug; your brain averages light levels across both eyes when deciding how much to flinch. Don’t do it - you’re basically exposing yourself to potentially damaging light levels in the eye you keep open.
minus-squaresilencer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·8 months agoI’m not sure, it doesn’t matter which one I close
minus-squarecan@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·8 months agoPure conjecture, but maybe one overloaded eye is easier to handle than two?
On a related note, why is it that looking at the sky when there’s a lot of light, if I use both eyes it hurts, but if I keep one closed I can see the sky just fine?
That’s actually a bug; your brain averages light levels across both eyes when deciding how much to flinch.
Don’t do it - you’re basically exposing yourself to potentially damaging light levels in the eye you keep open.
One desensitized eye
I’m not sure, it doesn’t matter which one I close
Pure conjecture, but maybe one overloaded eye is easier to handle than two?