Yes, I think so. At night, the environment is dark and dim. There are sensors in eyes to catch the changing of light. Once people get into dark environment, the pupils would dilate to let more light enter and focus on the retina. The light at night is usually strong, if in the people's vision, suddenly a strong light source came up, the dilated pupils can't adjust so quickly so that too much light would entered and damages the eyes. I think, to protect eyes, we should not stare at the light source, which gives too strong light for dilated pupils. There are two kinds of cells in eyes, rods and cones. Cones are more active in bright circumstances and they are extremely sensitive, especially to colors. While rods are more active in dark and they can help people to catch fast movement and the shape but not details and fine parts. Try not to catch the colors, contrasts or fine details in dark. If you wear glasses, a special coating is recommonded to reduce the glare.
