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by DenisM 2772 days ago
There are wavelength that are invisible to human eye, those are pretty safe unless the energy levels are high enough to burn a hole in your retina.

Then there are wavelength that aren’t focuse by the eyes, the only way to get hurt with these if the energy reaches weapon-grade levels.

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Actually, some non visible wavelengths are dangerous because they don't make you blink.
A lot of infrared lasers are dangerous because of this. Blink response is part of the reason visible lasers are classified differently than invisible lasers.