> As a result if you were dumb enough, ignorant enough, or presidential enough, you could stare straight at the eclipse for seconds or 10's of seconds during to

> As a result if you were dumb enough, ignorant enough, or presidential enough, you could stare straight at the eclipse for seconds or 10's of seconds during totality. During that time it will not seem "too bright", but nevertheless your eyes will be focusing intensely damaging UV radiation onto your cornea, causing those cells to malfunction and die, which is what causes blindness. What you are saying is wrong during totality on a total solar eclipse (not an annular one). Your reference to Trump does not apply since he was not in the zone of totality. Did you view the August 21, 2017 eclipse in the zone of totality with glasses on? If so, I feel very sorry for you, you saw nothing. "When the eclipse is TOTAL, that is, when ALL of it is COMPLETELY covered by the moon, you can then look at it directly without eye protection. In fact, during those few brief minutes and seconds of totality, you MUST look at it without protection to see anything at all." http://www.eclipse2017.org/2017/viewing.htm http://www.eclipse2017.org/2017/viewing.htm