• Question: What would happen if you looked straight a light brighter than the sun?

    Asked by Millie03 to Jane on 13 Nov 2014.
    • Photo: Jane MacArthur

      Jane MacArthur answered on 13 Nov 2014:


      It would blind you as it would burn your retina. The Diamond synchrotron light, created by accelerating electrons is all done extremely carefully and precisely within a long circular enclosed vaccuum path, where magnets bend the electrons to travel at near the speed of light.

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