i was told that if you stare at an eclipse it damages your eye sight.
2007-08-27 16:22:48 · 15 answers · asked by sh 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
Yes, staring at a solar eclipse with the naked eye is dangerous. Even if it's a total eclipse. The Sun is 450,000 times brighter than a full moon. The moon isn't quite big enough to completely cover it during an eclipse, so there's still a fairly strong amount of sunlight seeping around the edges. Looking directly at it can damage your eyes.
Looking at a lunar eclipse however is no more dangerous than looking a a full moon.
2007-08-27 16:29:48 · answer #1 · answered by stork5100 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You can watch a lunar eclipse with no damage to the eyes. I saw the one back in March and it was so amazingly beautiful. Solar eclipse is something different, yes, it can damage the eyes.
2007-08-27 16:31:02 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Only a solar eclipse can damage your eyesight. A lunar eclipse is safe to watch without any eye protection at all because you are seeing the earth's shadow move across the face of the moon (i.e. no direct sunlight).
2007-08-27 16:27:02 · answer #3 · answered by utarch 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes a Solar eclipse.
2007-09-04 15:05:58 · answer #4 · answered by kengcraig 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes! Solar eclipses to the naked eye are damaging. Lunar ones are perfectly safe to stare at endlessly.
2007-09-04 11:03:17 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I believe you can watch an eclipse of the moon without any eye damage.
2007-08-27 16:26:50 · answer #6 · answered by Flying Dragon 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
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2016-10-09 09:00:32 · answer #7 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Up until totality SOLAR eclipses can. Not lunar eclipses.
2007-08-27 16:34:51 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
That's true of solar eclipses.
But don't worry about lunar eclipses. They won't hurt your eyes.
2007-08-27 16:31:06 · answer #9 · answered by Robert K 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
lunar eclipse won't hurt your eyes(the one where the earth covers the sun from the moon!)
2007-09-02 17:10:34 · answer #10 · answered by book writer 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋