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after.<div>< ------=_Part_2032_8031938.1203709413960 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline I do believe the warnings about eye damage resulting from watching an eclipse, and I do believe that I even saw a picture of a teenager with eye damage after watching one...but does anyone know some ballpark number...how many eye problems are there, how many go blind? You would think that given the millions of people who may be in an eclipse's path, and just happen to be outside...and think, "Hey, what's that shadow..." and look up...boom! Blind. Other than that one case though (and I don't know how it turned out), I haven't heard of anyone with damage. Randy On 22/02/2008, Sherman Williams <shermw@xcountry.tv> wrote: > > > > .....and certainly one can stare at a fully eclipsed Sun without special > eye protection, without harm, for as long as the Moon blocks ALL THE > SUNLIGHT. These are the most special few seconds / minutes to look at an > eclipsed Sun. One can use whatever direct method one might have -telescope, > binooculars, naked eyes. The solar corona surrounding the eclipsed Sun is > quite striking to see and this is the only time one can see it directly; it > is NOT HARMFUL. > > > THE BIG DANGER is just before and just after totality, when the Sun not > fully covered by the Moon. In those moments sunlight coming from the > uncovered edges appears to be dim enough that it would not seem to be > harmful, however, in a few moments of direct gazing at any uncovered portion > of sun can deliver enough INFARED TO DO DAMAGE to the retina. The MOST > DANGEROUS TIME to gaze at the Sun would be any normal sunny day, especially > at noon when we are receiving its most potent rays (radiation). > > Sherman > > > > > Sherman Williams > shermw@xcountry.tv > > > Randy _________________________________ RF Lauff Way in the boonies of Antigonish County, NS. ------=_Part_2032_8031938.1203709413960 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline <div>I do believe the warnings about eye damage resulting from watching an eclipse, and I do believe that I even saw a picture of a teenager with eye damage after watching one...but does anyone know some ballpark number...how many eye problems are there, how many go blind? You would think that given the millions of people who may be in an eclipse's path, and just happen to be outside...and think, "Hey, what's that shadow..." and look up...boom! Blind. Other than that one case though (and I don't know how it turned out), I haven't heard of anyone with damage.</div> <div> </div> <div>Randy<br><br> </div> <div><span class="gmail_quote">On 22/02/2008, <b class="gmail_sendername">Sherman Williams</b> <shermw@xcountry.tv> wrote:</span> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid"> <div style="WORD-WRAP: break-word"> <div> <div><br> </div> <div>.....and certainly one can stare at a fully eclipsed Sun without special eye protection, without harm, for as long as the Moon blocks ALL THE SUNLIGHT. These are the most special few seconds / minutes to look at an eclipsed Sun. One can use whatever direct method one might have -telescope, binooculars, naked eyes. The solar corona surrounding the eclipsed Sun is quite striking to see and this is the only time one can see it directly; it is NOT HARMFUL. </div> <div><br> </div> <div>THE BIG DANGER is just before and just after totality, when the Sun not fully covered by the Moon. In those moments sunlight coming from the uncovered edges appears to be dim enough that it would not seem to be harmful, however, in a few moments of direct gazing at any uncovered portion of sun can deliver enough INFARED TO DO DAMAGE to the retina. The MOST DANGEROUS TIME to gaze at the Sun would be any normal sunny day, especially at noon when we are receiving its most potent rays (radiation).</div> <div><span style="WORD-SPACING: 0px; FONT: 12px Helvetica; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); TEXT-INDENT: 0px; WHITE-SPACE: normal; LETTER-SPACING: normal; BORDER-COLLAPSE: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px"> </span></div> <div> <div> <div>Sherman</div> <div><br> </div> <div><br> </div> <div>Sherman Williams</div> <div>shermw@xcountry.tv</div> <div><br> </div></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div> <div> <br>Randy<br>_________________________________<br>RF Lauff<br>Way in the boonies of<br>Antigonish County, NS. </div> ------=_Part_2032_8031938.1203709413960--
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