Is my eye damaged when looking at the sun for 2 seconds?

I was in Cuba and wanted to take a picture of the sun with my phone. This phone doesn't have a lens or anything u really loo through... only though the LCD display. While i was trying to take picture of the sun i looked directly in the sun for almost 2 seconds. Does this mean my eye is damaged?Is my eye damaged when looking at the sun for 2 seconds?
In reality if you look at the Sun for a few seconds eye damage is unlikely. However, that does not make it safe. The Sun is bright enough to damage the eyesight of some people under some conditions. The chances are you will be perfectly fine but you are taking a big risk with something that presumably is quite valuable to you: your eyesight.





You'll always get people claiming that to look at the Sun even briefly is going to instantly destroy your eyesight, but this is overstating the risks and in my view is itself irresponsible since it ends up indirectly discrediting more realistic risk evaluations. Most people have glanced at the Sun before, inadvertently or otherwise, and suffer no ill effects.





If you are not suffering any symptoms beyond an after image that fades away after a few minutes then I would say you are perfectly fine. If you are suffering any adverse symptoms then it would be advisable to seek medical attention. Ultimately though it is your eyesight and your responsibility no matter what you do.Is my eye damaged when looking at the sun for 2 seconds?
Normally, 2 seconds might temporarily blind you (there will be a spot on your retina that will not react to light for a few minutes), but there should be no lasting damage.





I say normally, because the threshold is different from person to person, and it may even be different in the same person from time to time (for example, some medication will make your eyes or your skin more fragile to the Sun's rays).





Having said that, I figure if you could type your question without problems AND if you can read our answers without seeing a black dot that keeps following where you look, then you should be OK.





If you do see the black dot after all that time, go see an eye doctor (any level - ophthalmologist, optician, optometrist... -- they all know how to identify if there is damage).





When I had my problem (not sun related), I went to see an optometrist. There was nothing she could do directly. However, she knew very well how to identify the damage and, when she phoned the ophthalmologist to describe it, she had the right words: I had an appointment within 15 minutes.
never ever look at the sun directly...everytime you do, no matter how short the period of time, your eyes will get severly damaged, even if the effects are not instantaneously noticeable. Be careful =) and have fun! I wish I was in Cuba right now haha
I doubt it got any sort of lasting damage after just 2 seconds, but if you took a picture of the sun with your phone that probably would have screwed up the camera in it. The sun probably looks like a big black dot, that's because it's too bright for the camera to handle.
Probably not. But this is dangerous. No one should look directly at the sun, or an H-bomb blast for that matter. That is what the sun is, you know.


If you still see an afterimage when you shut your eyes, or you have trouble reading newsprint, see an ophthalmologist right away.
Probably it was. But the good news is that the damage could be slight enough, that the eye can repair itself over a few weeks or months.





The retina doesn't have pain nerves, so you can burn it without feeling pain.
yes, it damaged your eyes. They heal quickly, though. That was a stupid idea, as you'll only get a screen full of white in that kind of picture on a cell phone.
very unlikely. however, if youre concerned, go see an eye doctor.
You're in a better position to asses that than I am. Are you seeing spots or having trouble with your vision? If you're worried, go see an optometrist.
A few seconds won't do much. A few minutes will.
yaa u should wear Infra red protected glasses when looking at sun.