According to Richard Feynman in his book "Surely you're joking Mr. Feynman" the answer is no. I was doing research on this too to see it that was correct. Apparently Feynman watched the test of the...
Despite being inside of your eye, there are cells that normally never see light. When you go from a low light area to a bright area, your pupils are still dialated, the light entering is not focused...
As the neurons in the eye are activated when there is light, excessive light in effect "bleaches" the eye of the proteins that are broken down by photons, temporarily blinding the person.