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They don't have to see it for long, because any vision they may have had, will be lost forever after being blinded by these bright lights.
Yeah, I was under the impression that most deep sea creatures we capture on film are dead a few hours later, either because they were blinded and now easy prey, or that in some cases it's like a massive instant sunburn since they have no natural UV protection.
Our flashlights aren't pumping UV, not like sunlight anyway. And just because it's hella bright to them, I wouldn't think our lights are energetic enough to damage tissue.
It literally damages the photosensitive cells they use to see. Like hella amounts, bruh.
Feels like that isn't a problem because most would have vestigial eyes at this point anyway.
No sunlight is making it a kilometer down.
A bunch of stuff down there uses bioluminescence to communicate.
And all you need are some light sensitive cells, not much in the way of eyeballs.
Those "light sensitive cells" are literally the eyes.