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-squareDecoy321@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up35arrow-down1·8 months agoBecause the sheer amount of energy going directly on your retina will burn a hole through it. It’ll also damage the photo receptor cells at the back of the eye. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photic_retinopathy
minus-squareOsrsNeedsF2P@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up16·8 months ago Photic retinopathy generally goes away on its own over time, but there is no specific treatment known to be reliable for speeding recovery. Thank god to know it gets better over time. I was a dumb, dumb kid. (side note: Still dumb, just not a kid anymore)
minus-squareEpicurus0319@sopuli.xyzOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·8 months agoThe second part I knew, but the first part I did not. Rest assured, I never let this happen, my parents always made sure I knew not to look at the sun
Because the sheer amount of energy going directly on your retina will burn a hole through it. It’ll also damage the photo receptor cells at the back of the eye.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photic_retinopathy
Thank god to know it gets better over time. I was a dumb, dumb kid.
(side note: Still dumb, just not a kid anymore)
The second part I knew, but the first part I did not. Rest assured, I never let this happen, my parents always made sure I knew not to look at the sun