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Warning: Watching a solar eclipse
can be hazardous to your eyesight.
Officials from the National Society
to Prevent Blindness said they want to
stress this point as they prepare for
Wednesday's solar eclipse, with
the hope that damaged eyesight can be
avoided.
The Nebraska affiliate of the Society
to Prevent Blindness said it is urging
people to use extreme caution and
good sense if they plan to watchthe
eclipse.
Barbara Allen, executive director of
Nebraska's society, said prospective
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sun-gazers'homemade" methods used
to watch the eclipse probably are dan
gerous and could result in permanent
damage to eyesight if not blindness
itself, Allen said.
Dark sunglasses, special sun filters
for telescopes and even welding gog
gles will not block out harmful rays of
the sun nor will they prevent perman
ently impaired vision, Allen said. Look
ing at the sun for just a few seconds,
she said, even through these devices,
can cause eye damage.
"When you look at the sun, your eye's
lens focuses the intense light on the
retina the layer of cells at the back
of your eye that send visual images to
the brain," Allen said. The retina does
not feel pain. You don't know it is being
burned. But it can be, at the very cen
ter of your field of vision."
Once the sun burns the retina, there
is no known method to restore proper
vision, Allen said.
The society also warns against the
use of cameras and telescopes to view
the eclipse. These devices only inten
sify the sun's light making it Just that
much more dangerous, according to
the society. -
The society recommends three safe
ways to watch the eclipse:
Watch the eclipse on television.
Watch it at an observatory.
Use two pieces of cardboard and a
straight-pin. Take two pieces of white
cardboard and make a pin hole in the
center of one of them. With your back
to the sun, hold one sheet of cardboard
in each hand, letting the sun shine
through the pin hole onto the other
sheet of cardboard. Move the two pie
ces of cardboard in relation to one
another to adjust the focus. Once posi
tioned you will have a clear, sharp
image of the sun and the eclipse, with
out damaging your vision.
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