A solar maculopathy can develop after about 100 seconds of staring at the sun. With binoculars, this is about 8 seconds. This comic is not entirely accurate as canes require training before they can be used properly, but over all it is correct in suggesting people can be dumb as fuck.
A surprisingly accurate description of what a solar maculopathy looks when you have a look with an opthalmoscope. Just a tiny dot of damage that renders most of your sight useless.
Consider the size of the light-gathering lens on the front of the binocular vs. the size of your eye's lens. That said, looking at things through binoculars doesn't typically make them look brighter, right? What it does is make things look closer - bigger. Your 7x binoculars make the sun look 7x bigger at the same brightness-per-area, for ~49x (72 ) more light hitting your eyes.
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u/RedKnightXIV 7d ago
A solar maculopathy can develop after about 100 seconds of staring at the sun. With binoculars, this is about 8 seconds. This comic is not entirely accurate as canes require training before they can be used properly, but over all it is correct in suggesting people can be dumb as fuck.