Looking At Sun
During Eclipse
Causes Blindness
Ed. Note: The following article
appeared in the July 15 issue of
The National Observer and was
brought to our attention by Dr. Bob
Johnson who has issued strong
warnings that it is very dangerous
to attempt to look at the eclipse
directly. Dr. Johnson especially
suggested that children be fully in
structed not to watch the eclipse
and further suggested that parents
make it a point to bring their chil
dren indoors during the event to
watch it on television.
“The eclipse of the sun tomorrow
will be amazing as a visual phen
omenon, but also will be a danger
ous health hazard. The sun’s rays,
even when they’re partly blocked
by the moon, can cause severe eye
burns, somtimes even blindness.
“Basically, the eye is like a cam
era. The lens of the eye works like
the lens of the camera, focusing
light rays that enter through the
iris onto a substance that will re
cord the image. In the camera, this
is the photographic film. In the
eye, it’s the retina, which then
sends impulses through the optic
nerve to the brain.
Retina Can Be Burned
“But the eye can be seriously
and permanently injured by th“
light upon which it depends. Too
much light, or the wrong kind of
light, burns the retina the same
way a paper will be burned if the
sun’s rays are focused on it
through a magnifying glass.
“Within limits, the eye protects
itself from excess light by narrow
ing the iris and signaling pain.
When this happens we look away,
or put on sunglasses. But certain
light rays, known as infrared rays,
cannot be seen or felt, and can d>
extensive and sometimes perman
ent damage to the retina without
our knowing it.
"Traditional protective measure
— sunglasses, welder’s goggles,
smoked glass, and photographic
film—are inadequate protection,
especially for viewing solar eclipse
because dangerous infrared rays
can penetrate them. After the par
tial eclipse of September 1960
there were 31 cases of eye burn r s
ported in Utah. All but five were
children. And in the State of Wash
ington, 75 children suffered severe
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“There is no safe way to view an
eclipse directly. But it can be view
ed indirectly —on television or
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“One possibility is to project an
image of the eclipsed sun through
a telescope or binoculars onto a
white screen. Another is to make a
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the image of the eclipse on the
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“A retinal burn scar can’t be
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smoked glass, goggles, or sun
glasess. —John Henderson, M.D.
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