INTERESTING..Why Is Looking At The Eclipse Dangerous
Looking directly at the sun is unsafe except during the brief total phase of a solar eclipse totality when the moon entirely blocks the suns bright face which will happen only. Now this is not true for the couple of minutes where totality is occurring. Semi Solar Eclipse Solar Eclipse Solar Dangerous Looking at the Sun is always dangerous and it isnt any better or worse during an eclipse. Why is looking at the eclipse dangerous . Looking directly at the smallest part of a partial eclipse including any annular eclipse is very dangerous and can result in retinal damage. The skies darkened from Oregon to South Carolina as the moon passed in between the sun and the Earth. Solar eclipses are dangerous to eyesight because people look at them. Basically when the sun has a significant fraction of its light blocked your pupils dilate. If you are looking at the Sun on a normal day without an eclipse occurring it may not be a cause for an alarm. Also a surprising number of places don...