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by hrehhf 3308 days ago
> - if you "see" the flash, thats the last thing youre ever going to see. will blind you.

Maybe not. Richard Feynman claimed to have watched a nuclear explosion with nothing but regular glass between him and the blast. He assumed the glass would block any ultraviolet light and he was not blinded.

http://calteches.library.caltech.edu/34/3/FeynmanLosAlamos.h...

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glass does block ultraviolet light, which makes it effective protection.