Comment on Why does looking directly at the sun damage your eyes?
Buffalox@lemmy.world 2 years ago
Because the lens in your eye you use to focus, acts like a burning glass, and burn the back of your eye, where what you see is focused at.
Comment on Why does looking directly at the sun damage your eyes?
Buffalox@lemmy.world 2 years ago
Because the lens in your eye you use to focus, acts like a burning glass, and burn the back of your eye, where what you see is focused at.
all-knight-party@kbin.run 2 years ago
It's like using a magnifying glass to burn an ant on the pavement, but the sun is you, you're the ant, and the sun is using your eyeball as the magnifying lens
Alinor@lemmy.world 2 years ago
The sun is still the sun in this comparison. Its not like “you” is the source of light here. The back of your eye is the ant, and the lense of your eye is the magnifying glass.
all-knight-party@kbin.run 2 years ago
That's like my analogy, except you're me, I'm an idiot, and the analogy is actually done right
Squeak@lemmy.world 2 years ago
But where’s the sun in this analogy?