Why is it harmful to your eyes to look straight at the sun, but looking at the sun indirectly is fine?

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When I look directly at the sun, it is harmful to my eyes, but if I look at the sky with the sun in view but not directly, somehow it’s fine?

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It’s like sticking you hand in a roaring fire vs. Just holding it out from a few feet away. Eyes aren’t built to sustain direct contact with so much light, and it just burns out your eyes, but the amount of light bouncing off an object into your eye is barely a fraction of that same energy

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