Timeline for 2017 solar eclipse report
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| Oct 8, 2017 at 4:44 | comment | added | Keith Thompson | I don't think the danger is just people continuing to look at the Sun after totality. People have been known to stare at the Sun during partial eclipses. I've read accounts of people with crescent-shaped scars on their retinas. | |
| Sep 11, 2017 at 23:37 | comment | added | uhoh | It may indeed be more unsafe. Your eyes are somewhat dark-adapted during totality, so your pupils have dilated. When the Sun begins to re-appear, it is very small areas that appear first, and this light is therefore imaged to a very tiny spot on the retina. You should not just make up your own explanation when it comes to issues of safety. | |
| Sep 11, 2017 at 23:33 | history | edited | Florin Andrei | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Sep 11, 2017 at 23:27 | history | answered | Florin Andrei | CC BY-SA 3.0 |