When the sun shines really, really brightly, it can make your eyes feel like they’re being tickled by a million tiny feathers. This is called a glare. It’s like when you’re trying to look at a shiny toy and it’s so bright that you have to squint or even close your eyes. The light is bouncing around so much that it feels like it’s jumping right into your eyes, making it hard to see anything else.
Think of glare as a giant, invisible flashlight that someone is shining right into your face. It’s so bright that it makes everything else around you disappear, and you have to cover your eyes with your hands like you’re playing peek-a-boo just to see again. That’s because the light is too strong and your eyes need a little break.
Glare can also be like when you’re looking at a big, shiny mirror. The light bounces off the mirror and comes back to you, making it super hard to see what’s behind the mirror. It’s like a sneaky light that doesn’t want you to see anything else but itself.