ELI5; Why/ how do our eyes interpret bright light as painful?

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For example being used to a dark room, and then walking into another that’s much brighter and having a pain response while adjusting to the new lighting.

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Simply there is a ton of energy in light, ever held a magnefying glass focussed on some dry grass under the sun? Now obviously that is the extreme case, but this is what is happening in your eye through it’s own lens.

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