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[–] [email protected] 30 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (2 children)

Totality is safe to look at. Otherwise the sun will still blind you just as it normally would. People need an extra reminder about not staring directly into the sun when there's a solar eclipse coming up.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 7 months ago (1 children)

So, basically, it's just to stop people from staring directly at the sun for 15 minutes while they wait to see totality?

[–] [email protected] 28 points 7 months ago

Yup, and for anyone not in the path of totality.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

I thought there was something about the sun being occluded but the corona still putting out dangerous amounts of UV?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Nah, the sun is safe to look at during totality. At any other point, even 1% of sunlight getting past, look away or use eclipse glasses because you're going to get a sunburn on your retinas otherwise.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago

Neat, thanks. : )