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I understand why looking at the sun is bad. I also understand that looking at the eclipse is bad. Is it more dangerous to glance at an eclipse than the sun, assuming you avert your eyes right very quickly?

I assume that the dangers of looking at an eclipse is that there is less light coming off the eclipse, but that the energy is similar meaning physically my eyes wont shut/pupils won't react the same?

Can someone help me with the science that makes eclipses so much more dangerous to look at then the sun, if this is the case?

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I think that the answer is that normally, it's super painful and way too bright to look at the sun. During a partial Eclipse, it becomes slightly more comfortable for the short term, even though it is still dangerous. So it's easier to look at it for like 5 seconds, when you can't look at it for like even 1 seconds normally

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