Will looking at the sun make you blind? How about a solar eclipse?
2007-01-06 03:58:19 · 6 answers · asked by Fido 3 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
Staring at direct sunlight (or any intense light source, including the corona of a solar eclipse) will damage your retinas.
2007-01-06 04:01:23 · answer #1 · answered by achue500 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes, it can. Solar eclipses are particularly dangerous. A reflected, or projected, image is the only way to do it.
2007-01-06 12:01:49 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, but looking at the sun will damage your retinas to the extent that you become blinded.
2007-01-06 12:06:13 · answer #3 · answered by diepolitiker 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes! Even during an eclipse, it will burn your retinas.
2007-01-06 12:19:35 · answer #4 · answered by AnnieD 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It can if you do it enough. It damages your retinas. It would take your doing it many times before you would become really blind.
2007-01-06 12:06:12 · answer #5 · answered by May M 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Not if you only do it till you need glasses!
2007-01-06 12:09:17 · answer #6 · answered by Tony N 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋