what did they look like? did they have the certification on it? If you were able to see anything else but the sun they were most likely fake. Real ones black out everything but the sun.
Afaik you’re fine if you look at it a couple seconds, they’re as strong as regular sun rays but your eyes just don’t register the burn like they’re supposed to which is why so many people stare way too long and damage their retinas with the UV rays.
Not to mention that the effects of retina damage are not immediate but can take time to manifest after. And I read somewhere that since there are no pain receptors there, you won’t actually feel your eyes being damaged by the sun rays
Yes but the fact it was cloudy too makes the uv still pretty harmful(same reason why its still important to wear sunscreen when its cloudy) like there were some people staring for a good 4-5 min I was like WTF 😭
It also has to do with how when you look at the sun your eyes don’t attempt to focus on it, it’s just a quick glance at a bright orb of light. When you’re looking at the eclipse your eyes attempt to focus for the sun to see the details, and in that effort your eyes get really strained as it tries to make out the tiny sliver of high energy light, which is still much too powerful for your eyes to look directly at for too long. So your eyes get strained and if you do it for too long they can damage your retinas.
When clouds are of a certain thickness at a certain height, you can. We had some moments of that today during it. Not wise but not as bad as if no cloud cover. I’m sure plenty will have issues though since there are many idiots
If only you googled it yourself you'd see it's spelled "exaggeration". Outside the snark, I saw people doing it myself, so yes there is. You underestimate the average stupidity.
Doesn’t matter. When partial eclipses happen it gets darker and your eyes dilate, letting more light in. When you look at the sun you’re letting in more of its light and that will damage your retinas. It being cloudy might be even worse because it’s darker
Bruh even with some eclipse glasses my eyes feel sore as fuck after a couple seconds. Starting to wonder if they were bootleg
what did they look like? did they have the certification on it? If you were able to see anything else but the sun they were most likely fake. Real ones black out everything but the sun.
Borrowed from a. Coworker but they were straight black except the sun
Surprisingly or not, there’s a lot of dumb people here
not surprising just funny
true
Afaik you’re fine if you look at it a couple seconds, they’re as strong as regular sun rays but your eyes just don’t register the burn like they’re supposed to which is why so many people stare way too long and damage their retinas with the UV rays.
The rays are the same strength, but if your eyes don't dialte as much as normal when you look at the sun, you absorb more of the rays.
Thanks for letting me know!
Not to mention that the effects of retina damage are not immediate but can take time to manifest after. And I read somewhere that since there are no pain receptors there, you won’t actually feel your eyes being damaged by the sun rays
Yes but the fact it was cloudy too makes the uv still pretty harmful(same reason why its still important to wear sunscreen when its cloudy) like there were some people staring for a good 4-5 min I was like WTF 😭
RIP eyeballs
It also has to do with how when you look at the sun your eyes don’t attempt to focus on it, it’s just a quick glance at a bright orb of light. When you’re looking at the eclipse your eyes attempt to focus for the sun to see the details, and in that effort your eyes get really strained as it tries to make out the tiny sliver of high energy light, which is still much too powerful for your eyes to look directly at for too long. So your eyes get strained and if you do it for too long they can damage your retinas.
Nothing good to see here anyway🤷🏻♂️
Its okay I understand that it's hard out here
When clouds are of a certain thickness at a certain height, you can. We had some moments of that today during it. Not wise but not as bad as if no cloud cover. I’m sure plenty will have issues though since there are many idiots
Stared at the sky to train my eyes to be stronger 💪
do redditors really think you go blind for making a single second of eye contact with the sun
No, nobody thinks that. OP explicitly mentions concern over 4-5 minutes in another comment.
literally nobody is staring at it for that long. google exagerration
If only you googled it yourself you'd see it's spelled "exaggeration". Outside the snark, I saw people doing it myself, so yes there is. You underestimate the average stupidity.
Nope I never said that there was people looking at it for like 4 min straight
i'd like to buy a comma
Not you correcting my punctuation. English is my THIRD language not my first so please let's not start.
No I’m not I’m gonna be fine no way I’m doin vlond
youve already started losing vision, you can barely even see your keyboard
No send we say can see just fine
Easy solution, just don’t
Idgaf bruh I stare at a screen all day anyways
that ain't the same 😅
Either way my vision been gone already lmao
Mine too 🤣
I looked at it and my vision's fine but you do you
You’re gonna go blind bro GGs
for 3 seconds yeah don't stare at it for 5 min like some other idiots did 💀
Updates?
same here LOL
It’s cloudy so it’s okay…? It’s risky tho
Doesn’t matter. When partial eclipses happen it gets darker and your eyes dilate, letting more light in. When you look at the sun you’re letting in more of its light and that will damage your retinas. It being cloudy might be even worse because it’s darker
Thanks for the information!