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Originally Posted by GirlySports
You did too, don't deny it. Everyone looks at the sun briefly first to locate it, then angles their cardboard box or puts on the glasses.
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Well yeah. People realize it isn't any more dangerous to look at the sun during an eclipse than at any other time, right? The reason we were warned not to do it is because during an eclipse we have reason to stare at the sun for more than a few seconds, and if the sky is dimmed we may not naturally look away. It's not as though during an eclipse the sun puts out special rays that burn out your retina just by looking at it for a couple seconds.