Most of the Junkers were above the blinding light of the flares, and the radar-controlled shore gun had been knocked out by one of the first sticks of bombs.

The first effect of the explosion was blinding light, accompanied by radiant heat from the fireball.

A figure surrounded by blinding light appears with a Game Gear, cuing the narrator's comment of " The full-color video game system that separates the men from the boys.

As Buster and Reana make an attempt to escape the blast, they are swallowed up in the blinding light, seemingly destroyed.

Sometimes the hands are arranged to form an overlapping lattice of ' windows ', referring to a ceremony sometimes called Nesiat Kapayim, the " lifting of the hands ", in which Jewish tradition states the Divine Presence would shine through the fingers of the priests as they blessed the people, who close their eyes as the light could be blinding.

The blinding sea of light reached Parvati at the Ashram of the priest Katyayan and Durga emerged from this pool of light.

To combat the evil Mahishasura, she had appeared in a great blinding light, to combat this demon and end it for all to be in peace.

She is sitting on a throne in a swamp, with her golden slippers emitting a blinding light from the hem of her dress.

Originally there would be a " blinding light " and Aragorn would see Annatar ( Sauron's pleasant appearance that he had used to deceive the Elves in the Second Age ), who would then become Sauron and attack.

However, the filmmakers decided that this deviated too far from the books, so instead the blinding light scenes were used to depict a " staring contest " between Aragorn and the Eye of Sauron.

The Logos is a kind of shadow cast by God, having the outlines but not the blinding light of the Divine Being.

Edna St. Vincent Millay wrote in her sonnet Euclid Alone Has Looked on Beauty Bare, " O blinding hour, O holy, terrible day, When first the shaft into his vision shone Of light anatomized !".

However, it is known that he is accompanied by a blinding light.

Here lies the portal to the topmost layer of Celestia, Chronias ; the bridge of sheer blinding light known as the Bridge of al-Sihal is guarded by one of the mightiest of the solar named Xerona who allows those who are righteous and good to pass.

Attempting to read the scrolls also proves contemptuous as the scrolls are protected by several layers of magical safeguards, this includes the blinding light that emanates from the scroll's text.

In both Christ is seen coming to receive the soul of the dying saint surrounded by an aureola or cloud of blinding light and accompanied by the angels and prophets.

: A bumping pitch and a blinding light,

The building's nature is partially unveiled at sunrise as the blinding light enchants the visitor and causes organic branch-like structures to burst from his chest.

He is an incredibly skilled swordsman, having an uncanny hearing ability to engage his enemy as well blinding his enemy by reflecting light from his sword.

It is described by Daniel Carter as " lightweight as a pair of contact lenses ", and although it has been shown as unable to protect his wearer by sudden flashes of blinding light, it provides a measure of protection.

It is designed to produce a blinding flash of light and loud noise without causing permanent injury.

Taken to battle by a Liche Priest, the casket can be opened each turn, releasing a blinding light made from countless lost souls, screaming into the air and plunging through the hearts and minds of the enemy ranks.

For example, a magical staff could have a fixed number of charges that can be spent to create a " blinding flash of light "; be able to provide " magical illumination " for several hours each day, and possess a permanent ability to " glow in warning " whenever it comes near a poisonous plant or animal.

A review of the methods used in trials of antipsychotics, despite stating that the overall quality is " rather good ," reported issues with the selection of participants ( including that in schizophrenia trials up to 90 % of people who are generally suitable do not meet the elaborate inclusion and exclusion criteria, and that negative symptoms have not been properly assessed despite companies marketing the newer antipsychotics for these ); issues with the design of trials ( including pharmaceutical company funding of most of them, and inadequate experimental " blinding " so that trial participants could sometimes tell whether they were on placebo or not ); and issues with the assessment of outcomes ( including the use of a minimal reduction in scores to show " response ," lack of assessment of quality of life or recovery, a high rate of discontinuation, selective highlighting of favorable results in the abstracts of publications, and poor reporting of side-effects ).

Leber's congenital amaurosis is an inherited blinding disease caused by mutations in the RPE65 gene.

The fable of Oedipus, with a theme of inadvertent incest between a mother and son, ends in disaster and shows ancient taboos against incest as Oedipus is punished for incestuous actions by blinding himself.

They are more dangerous than their cinematic inspiration, however ; they typically surround the player's character, so escape is impossible, and then mercilessly beat the player with rubber hoses from all directions, while temporarily blinding the player with cream pie.

In most of Hinduism and transcendentalism, all matter is believed to be an illusion called Maya, blinding us from knowing the truth.

His disguises take forms both physical ( altering his appearance ) and verbal, such as telling the Cyclops Polyphemus that his name is, " Nobody " or " nothing ", then escaping after blinding Polyphemus.

Polyphemus is shown to be blind and there was also a reference about Odysseus being responsible for blinding him under the alias of " Nobody ".

The monumental Protoattic amphora from the middle of the 7th century BC, with the depiction of Medusa's beheading by Perseus and the blinding of Polyphemos by Odysseus and his companions on its neck, is kept in the Archaeological Museum of Eleusis which is located inside the archaeological site of Eleusis.

A scene in which a character is threatened with blinding in the manner of Gloucester forms the climax of the 1973 parody horror Theatre of Blood.

Unbiased studies of magnetic therapy are problematic, since magnetisation can be easily detected, for instance, by the attraction forces on ferrous ( iron-containing ) objects ; because of this, effective blinding of studies ( where neither patients nor assessors know who is receiving treatment versus placebo ) is difficult.

Its plot is uncertain, whether the blinding of Orion by Oenopion and the satyrs on Chios, probably with Cedalion offstage and prophesied, or the recovery of Orion's sight on Lemnos.

The story of Newton's blinding reaches the press in a frenzy and then is used by the Republican Party to depict the Democrats as being corrupt, and leads to their seizure of power, which is to inevitably lead to apocalypse.

Eve White is a timid, self-effacing wife and mother who has severe and blinding headaches and occasional blackouts.

* The bazooka cannon is a weapon which fires out of the top of the robot's head ; it is not so much a true bazooka as a shower of sparks capable of blinding and disorienting an enemy.

Because of the blinding process, the Bank is not able to associate with or, so it is unable to determine that Bob and Alice are doing business together, preserving the anonymity of the transaction.

This ' blinding ' is to prevent biases, since if a physician knew which patient was getting the study treatment and which patient was getting the placebo, he / she might be tempted to give the ( presumably helpful ) study drug to a patient who could more easily benefit from it.

Suddenly, the blinding flash of a nuclear detonation is then seen through the window.

One that can be seen in the Japanese trailer has Jet Jaguar blinding Megalon with his flashlight eyes right before Megalon starts to kick at him while Gigan holds him down.

It was as if he had seen the world till now, not through his own eyes, out of some singular self, but through the eyes of a fellow who was always in company, even when he was alone ; a sociable self, wrapped always ina communal warmth that protected it from dark matters and all the blinding light of things, but also from the knowledge that there was a place out there where the self might stand alone.

( The sculptures on view at the museum were clearly created by artists from Tinos in the Cyclades as can be seen on the base of Polifemo's blinding ).