One of the easiest ways to safely watch the eclipse is to poke a small hole in an index card to create a pinhole camera. If you didn’t buy your glasses early-or are worried you might have the wrong ones-you can still appreciate the spectacle. “Regular sunglasses are not nearly dark enough to view the eclipse with.” This site from the American Astronomical Society lists reputable vendors to make sure yours are reliable. “The glasses should be very dark-almost like nighttime,” she explained. “There are some bogus eclipse-viewing glasses out there, and that is a concern,” said Dr.
However, recent Amazon recalls have some consumers worried that their purchased spectacles aren’t up to snuff. But because most of the sun is covered by the moon during the eclipse, that allows people to look at it without realizing they're in the process of damaging their eyes. Jean Heisman, O.D., an optometrist based in New Jersey, tells SELF. “Normally when you look at the sun, you really can’t look at it too long because it’s too bright and you automatically avert your eyes,” Dr. "That is the same thing that happens to your eye when you stare at the sun.” In fact, it takes only a few seconds of staring at the sun to damage the retina at the back of your eye, which is the focal point of your vision. “Remember when you used to burn ants with a magnifying glass?" Dr. What experts are really worried about when it comes to the eclipse is solar retinopathy, UV damage to the retina, which causes permanent blindness. Shah, that excruciating corneal sunburn that I experienced is actually the best-case scenario when it comes to eye damage from sungazing the cornea is just the outer layer of the eye. The symptoms start a few hours after your eyes are exposed to UV light and usually go away in a few days with painkillers.Īt this point, maybe you’re thinking that several days of agony may be worth a lifetime of eclipse memories. It turns out that photokeratitis is “a temporary, but often very painful, consequence of sungazing,” Chirag Shah, M.D., with Ophthalmic Consultants of Boston, tells SELF. Staring at the sun could leave you with permanent damage.
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