Current Events > Is there any proof of someone going blind from an eclipse?

(+) Yeah! (+)

Serious question.

Also has anyone made solar eclipse glasses? How did you do it?

Atleast partial blindness, yes.
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I made some using 5% car window tint. Just cut out a rectangle and stick 6 layers of tint together.
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I'm just gonna wear some dark sun glasses, and look at it through a tree for a few seconds. Should be fine.
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You don't go fully blind. It can just permanently damage your vision. One old dude on reddit who had a staring competition at an eclipse with his friend like 50 years ago likened it to "a blur like how they blur out license plates/faces on TV, about the size of a pea" in the bottom right corner of his FOV.
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Zurkon posted...

Sage JJ posted...

Also has anyone made solar eclipse glasses? How did you do it?

lmfao

Back_Stabbath posted...

You don't go fully blind. It can just permanently damage your vision. One old dude on reddit who had a staring competition at an eclipse with his friend like 50 years ago likened it to "a blur like how they blur out license plates/faces on TV, about the size of a pea" in the bottom right corner of his FOV.

Thats crazy but good to know.

So how does the pinhole in the box thing work. You still cant look directly at the sun right?

Most homemade viewers will fail to block the proper range of light. Sunglasses are made to reduce the painful glare of UV, they can't keep your retinas from being damaged by infrared, etc.

There are no hard studies and results on this for obvious safety reasons but it's estimated permanent damage can begin to occur at around 100 seconds of exposure. Of course there are a lot of factors, including proper pupil dilation (which can be affected by drugs) and no one should risk it.
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CapnMuffin posted...

Most homemade viewers will fail to block the proper range of light. Sunglasses are made to reduce the painful glare of UV, they can't keep your retinas from being damaged by infrared, etc.

There are no hard studies and results on this for obvious safety reasons but it's estimated permanent damage can begin to occur at around 100 seconds of exposure. Of course there are a lot of factors, including proper pupil dilation (which can be affected by drugs) and no one should risk it.

So is the cardboard box just used for looking around outside?

The cardboard box shows you the eclipse through shadows. You poke a small hole in the Box, then turn your back to the sun, and the eclipse pattern will show in the box like a little projector.
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Cell phone in selfie mode over the shoulder.

No idea if it will damage the camera or not.
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Dustin1280 posted...

Cell phone in selfie mode over the shoulder.

No idea if it will damage the camera or not.

Shouldn't be any different than pointing the camera at the normal sun.
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Dustin1280 posted...

No idea if it will damage the camera or not.

XD
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