Petra looked directly into a very bright light and damaged her retina. The ophthalmologist told her that she has sustained massive damage to her cones, but for the most part her rods have not been affected. Petra will likely now have

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Cones are responsible for color vision and high-resolution vision in bright light. Damage to the cones would lead to a loss of color vision, while rods, which are more numerous in the periphery of the retina and are responsible for vision in low light, would not compensate for color vision.

Petra Looked Directly into a Very Bright Light and Damaged