2006-11-03 05:42:14 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
It is safer to look at the sun during total eclipse than directly at it. The trouble is you look at it longer and there is where the trouble is. It is NEVER safe to look at the sun anytime, except indirectly.
2006-11-03 13:22:34 · answer #1 · answered by orion_1812@yahoo.com 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I've got a cousin that is about 80% blind in one of her eyes. When she was a kid she stared directly at the sun with one eye closed for about 5 minutes. It did not take long.
The eye which was closed is fine, thankfully. She can only make out feint color and movement out of the other one. The radiation simply killed the cells.
2006-11-03 09:03:19 · answer #2 · answered by Ellis26 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Any time looking at the sun will damage your eyes. Just don't do it.
2006-11-03 07:07:54 · answer #3 · answered by soxrcat 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-12-09 01:56:18 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i always thought it was three seconds, but then again as the first person said, it might be just a split second...
2006-11-03 09:22:15 · answer #5 · answered by mcdonaldcj 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋