When the April 8 solar eclipse draws eyes upward, having proper solar filters and solar eclipse glasses is essential to avoid potentially permanent eye damage, doctors say.
A woman watches an annular solar eclipse on October 14, 2023 using special solar filter glasses at the National Autonomous University of Mexico.A woman watches an annular solar eclipse on October 14, 2023 using special solar filter glasses at the National Autonomous University of Mexico.On April 8, as millions of people try to watch a solar eclipse sweep over North America, eye doctors across the United States will be on high alert.
She had peeked up at the crescent sun without eyewear at first, then looked at it longer while wearing what she thought were appropriate eclipse glasses.Doctors found a permanent, crescent-shaped wound on her retina; there's no treatment for that kind of injury, which is similar to the kind of light-induced damage caused by pointing a laser into the eye.
If you do choose to look up at the sun when it is partially eclipsed, says Deobhakta,"make sure you really are sure that you have the standard glasses that have the right filters."If you still have reliable eclipse viewers from 2017 that are in good condition, those should still work fine, says Chou.
"At some point, you may tip yourself over the critical threshold," says Chou."Unfortunately, you don't realize that until far too late."
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