Eli5: How do our eyes get strained?

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I have always been told reading in low light will strain your eyes. I am just confused how this works, eyes aren’t muscles I don’t think.

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Light= radiation, therefore too much light *burns* the eyes

Pupils move to dilate. Movement = muscle (or something similar)

Too much light= strain to keep pupil small

Too little light= strain to keep pupil all the way open **and** focus the eye on something it can barely see at the same time

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