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: Protect your eyes! Never look directly at the sun during a solar eclipse (except during the very brief time the sun is in total eclipse; and even then, with caution). Looking directly at the sun can cause permanent damage to your eyes. After viewing a solar eclipse, seek treatment from an eye care professional if you or your child have any changes in vision that continue to get worse. What is a solar eclipse? A solar eclipse occurs when the moon moves between the sun and the earth. The moon causes the light of the sun to be blocked from reaching earth, casting a shadow on earth. A total solar eclipse is when the moon completely blocks the sun. The sun’s outer atmosphere (called the solar corona) glows around the moon when it is blocking the sun.