LASER OCULAR EFFECTS VS. RANGE-- ASSUMES THE LASER IS NOT EYE SAFE AT THE APERTUREAND THEREFORE, HAS AN ASSOCIATED NOMINAL OCULAR HAZARD DISTANCE (NOHD). IT SHOULD BENOTED THAT LOWER POWERED LASERS MAY ACTUALLY BE EYE SAFE AT THE APERTURE AND NOT CAPABLEOF INDUCING PERMANENT EYE INJURY. STILL, EVEN LASERS CONSIDERED EYE SAFE AT THE APERTUREMAY BE BRIGHT ENOUGH TO CAUSE TRANSIENT VISUAL EFFECTS LIKE FLASHBLINDNESS, GLARE, ANDSTARTLE RESPONSES (NOT TO SCALE).