Exactly. The light doing damage isn't necessarily the visible light that gives you the impulse to avert your eyes, it's the UV. In one study, 50% of the people

Exactly. The light doing damage isn't necessarily the visible light that gives you the impulse to avert your eyes, it's the UV. In one study, 50% of the people looking at the eclipse had caused permanent damage to their eyes (sans any precautions or averting their eyes). https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/capital-weather-gang/wp/2017/06/30/what-happens-if-you-try-to-watch-the-august-solar-eclipse-without-special-glasses-nothing-good/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/capital-weather-gang/wp/...