[jmiserez]

But it’s not a 600mm tele, so the actual area of burn damage is going to be smaller. You’ll still have a blind spot in the center of your field of view, but not the whole eye. Still, I imagine it’s quite a disability either way.

[theoh]

Info about the different mechanisms of eye damage due to bright light:

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3144654/

[njarboe]

This is well written and accessible article. Thanks for the link. One of the best short lay descriptions of light that I have come across: "Light is a form of electromagnetic energy. Electromagnetic radiation has a dual wave-particle nature. When light is absorbed by a photoreceptor, its particle nature is important."