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by tzs 2595 days ago
> There would appear to be more intense blue light in an LED than coming from the sun.

I was surprised at how intense LEDs are. When I got my eclipse viewing glasses [1] for viewing the 2017-08-21 eclipse I spent some time trying them out on every seemingly bright light source around my house and my office.

The only things that were easily visible through the eclipse glasses were a 3500 lumen 200 watt halogen bulb, and the white LEDs from an iPhone 6 plus flashlight app, a hand cranked emergency flashlight, and an LED head lamp.

[1] https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B007MD8E0Q/