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It was a Q-Switched, Xenon pumped, Neodymium Garnet laser intended for Photo-retinal Welding.

This pulse laser was so powerful that at discharge through the microscope it could create a white spark in mid-air; the

so-called waist area.

I Hired on to CooperVision as a Developmental Tech, I inadvertantly grounded a flash-circuit while the laser exit face

aligned to my eyes.

The Fluke Meter actually bounced a centimeter into the air at discharge, and I saw a moderate orange glow for a bare

instant.

Immediately after, and today, when I gaze into a clear blue sky, I see a "small dounut shadow" of two to three degrees

in my mid to lower right field.

The contrast of the Donut image has decreased over the years but decades later, I see it. What do you Know? I got shot with a surgical welder.

-No worries though, No worries at all.




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