Title: Can You Really Go Blind Staring at a Solar Eclipse? | Mental Floss
Headings: Can You Really Go Blind Staring at a Solar Eclipse?
Can You Really Go Blind Staring at a Solar Eclipse?
WOULDN'T IT BE EASIER TO JUST TELL YOUR KIDS THEY WILL GO BLIND?
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Content: The good news for astronomy enthusiasts is that there are ways to safely view a solar eclipse. A pair of NASA-approved eclipse glasses will block the retina-frying rays, but sunglasses or any other kind of smoked lenses cannot. ( The editors at MrEclipse.com, an eclipse watchers' fan site, put shades in the "eye suicide" category.) NASA also suggests watching the eclipse indirectly through a pinhole projector, or through binoculars or a telescope fitted with special solar filters. While it's safe to take a quick, unfiltered peek at the sun in the brief totality of a total solar eclipse, doing so during the partial phases—when the Moon is not completely covering the Sun—is much riskier. WOULDN'T IT BE EASIER TO JUST TELL YOUR KIDS THEY WILL GO BLIND? NASA's website tackled this question. Their short answer: that could ruin their lives. "A student who heeds warnings from teachers and other authorities not to view the eclipse because of the danger to vision, and learns later that other students did see it safely, may feel cheated out of the experience.