

Remember, do not look at the sun during an eclipse even through your binoculars.

These filters are usually coated with a thin layer of aluminium, chromium or silver. Another recommendation is to use special filters that are specially designed to view eclipses. You will be able to see the image of the sun's crescent on the screen. Make a pinhole in a white sheet of paper and simply hold it between the sun and your screen or the flat surface. You will be able to see the image of the sun's crescent on the screen.Īccording to NASA, the safest way to look at the eclipse is to project it onto a screen or a flat surface like a wall. Make a pinhole or cut a circle from a white sheet of paper and simply hold it between the sun and your screen or the flat surface. NASA says that the safest way to look at the eclipse is to project it on a wall or a flat surface. If you want to see the solar eclipse, you must use a telescope with a solar filter. It is not safe, and it can damage the retina and cause foveal burns."


World Glaucoma Day 2022: Don’t Let Glaucoma Darken Your World, Regular Eye Check-Ups are Important.Yes, you can see the eclipse clearly but is it really safe for your eyes? While people avoid looking at the sun directly, many view the eclipse through X-ray films. UV rays are known to cause skin cancer and also damage the eyes by causing corneal damage, macular degeneration, and cataracts. During the solar eclipse, the gravitational waves cause a reduction in the ozone layer on the surface of the earth (the barrier, that protects us from the harmful UV rays) which allows UV rays and other cosmic radiation from the sun to reach the surface of the earth directly. Although most of us follow this, advice we don't know why. One such advice is not to look at the sun directly or to stay indoors to avoid the sunlight. There are various myths associated with the solar eclipse like pregnant women should not hold sharp objects or their babies will be born with cleft palate, and lack of awareness around the phenomenon give rise to many superstitions and faulty practices. Today, this celestial phenomenon is going to start from 9:15 AM. Written by Poorva Chavan | Updated : J8:39 AM ISTĪ solar eclipse is a phenomenon where the earth, the moon and the sun align together, and the moon's shadow falls on the sun. Here's why you should not look at the solar eclipse with naked eyes or through an X-ray film.
