article_snippet.sent: Dr Hartmann said: 'Among the most impressive, unexpected consistencies with modern knowledge is the first-century description of symptoms of temporary blindness caused by exposure to intense radiation, matching a condition now known as photokeratitis.'
article_snippet.sent: In Chelyabinsk the radiation given off by the meteor was strong enough to cause sunburn and some temporary blindness.
highlights_snippet.sent: UV radiation could have caused temporary blindness called photokeratitis .
  