• Buffalox@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Because the lens in your eye you use to focus, acts like a burning glass, and burn the back of your eye, where what you see is focused at.

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      1 year ago

      It’s like using a magnifying glass to burn an ant on the pavement, but the sun is you, you’re the ant, and the sun is using your eyeball as the magnifying lens

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        1 year ago

        The sun is still the sun in this comparison. Its not like “you” is the source of light here. The back of your eye is the ant, and the lens of your eye is the magnifying glass.