Title: Solar Eclipse and Your Eyes - Prevent Blindness
Headings: Solar Eclipse – April 8, 2024
Your Sight
Protect Your Eyes from the Sun
Solar Eclipse – April 8, 2024
Protect your eyes!
What is a solar eclipse?
How can your eyes be affected by a solar eclipse?
What are the eye symptoms that can occur from looking at a solar eclipse without proper eye protection?
How to safely watch a solar eclipse
How not to watch a solar eclipse

Content: A partial solar eclipse is when the moon only blocks part of the sun. Viewing a partial solar eclipse can expose your eye to the sun’s rays causing damage to the eye. How can your eyes be affected by a solar eclipse? Exposing your eyes to the sun without proper eye protection during a solar eclipse can cause “eclipse blindness” or retinal burns, also known as solar retinopathy. This exposure to the light can cause damage or even destroy cells in the retina (the back of the eye) that transmit what you see to the brain. This damage can be temporary or permanent and occurs with no pain. It can take a few hours to a few days after viewing the solar eclipse to realize the damage that has occurred. What are the eye symptoms that can occur from looking at a solar eclipse without proper eye protection? Loss of central vision (solar retinopathy)
Distorted vision
Altered color vision
If you notice symptoms after viewing a solar eclipse, seek treatment from an eye care professional. How to safely watch a solar eclipse
The only time that you can safely view a solar eclipse without special equipment is during a total solar eclipse.