Question by Malevolence: Can Staring at an Eclipse Really make you go Blind?
Can it make you go blind or just hurt your eyes? Temporary blindness or permanent? And can video taping an Eclipse, looking at the eclipse through a camera lense blind you aswell?
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Answer by Guru HankPERMANENT.
Even after a very short exposure, and even when the eclipse is near total. There have been mass tragedies following some eclipses in parts of the world where this was not widely understood. You might not notice the damage has occurred until later. It would then be too late. Never look at the sun directly even part of it, for an instant.
Make a tiny pinhole in a piece of black card, and WITH YOUR BACK TO THE SUN project the light which shines through this onto another piece of card. You will get an image of the solar eclipse as it occurs. Do not risk messing around with bits of 'smoked glass' and other gimmicks like some teachers did with a class when I was a kid. You always end up getting a dangerous exposure.
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Saturday, March 30, 2013
Can Staring at an Eclipse Really make you go Blind?
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