LB
The wordign in that paragraph is poor.
If you look at other paragrpahs on the same FAQ
for example:
: “.. The problem is that the sun’s surface is so bright that if you stare at any portion of it, no matter how small, it produces enough light to damage individual retinal cells. It takes a few seconds for this to happen, but afterwards you will see a spot as big as the solar surface you glimpsed when you look away from the sun at some other scenery. Depending on how long you gazed at the sun and how badly the retinal cells were damaged, this spot will either fade away in time or remain permanent. You should never assume that you can look away quickly enough to avoid eye damage because every person is different in terms of their retinal sensitivity, and you do not want to risk being the one who damages their eyes just to try to look at the sun. …”
You will see that staring at the sun is ALWAYS dangerous.
An eclipse causes less dammage than the ful ldisk of the sun, but is more liekly to happen