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Although it is frequently claimed that the retina is burned by looking at the sun, retinal damage appears to occur primarily due to photochemical injury rather than thermal injury. The temperature rise from looking at the sun with a 3-mm pupil only causes a 4 Â°C increase in temperature, insufficient to photocoagulate.
High intensity visible light (such as staring directly at the sun for 10 minutes) damages the retina, causing a disease called solar retinopathy. In laboratory mice, bright light, especially blue, causes retinal damage. Therefore, it is likely that repeated exposure to bright visible light is damaging to the retina and may be a risk factor for age-related macular degeneration (AMD) and other retinal diseases.