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[โ€“] anarchoilluminati@hexbear.net 16 points 1 year ago (8 children)

Is that real though?

I don't try it out of superstition but kinda seems like a myth that an eclipse will perma blind you. I can see it momentarily blinding you, as looking at the Sun normally does, but how would it actually have the power to totally blind you based off only direct eye contact?

I kinda feel like if that were true, then people would be generally temporarily or even perma blinded just by being exposed to the event itself. Just walking around outside or whatever.

[โ€“] FumpyAer@hexbear.net 15 points 1 year ago

A few glances up at the sun isn't gonna immediately blind you, but any direct viewing outside of totality does put you at risk of macular degeneration, and I assume other illnesses I'm not aware of later in life.

I'm not a doctor though.

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