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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.
Eye Damage in the Short Term Is Possible. It can take years before you experience any of the sun's damaging effects on your eyes. But, some damage can occur in the short term, such as photokeratitis and photoconjunctivitis, an. of the membrane outside of the eye (think pink eye).