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Until that instant when the sun 'pops' back out. Your widened pupils don't respond fast enough.
by halleym 9y ago
Until that instant when the sun 'pops' back out. Your widened pupils don't respond fast enough.
- Stratoscope 9y agoYour caution is well advised, but the sun doesn't instantly burn your retinas. You do get a tiny bit of time to look away before any damage is done. I viewed the 1979 total eclipse with binoculars, and when totality ended and the diamond ring and Baily's beads started to appear, I lingered a few seconds longer than I should have, and still no harm was done. I didn't suffer any temporary or permanent vision damage, even viewing those through the binoculars.