Posted on 12/08/2017 4:17:52 PM PST by SMGFan
Like so many others, 26-year-old Nia Payne wanted to view of August’s historic solar eclipse but didn’t have a pair of protective glasses. She walked outside on Staten Island and glanced at the sun — 70 percent was covered — for about six seconds before deciding she needed eye protection.
She borrowed a pair of what looked like eclipse glasses from someone nearby, then looked directly at the sun for 15 to 20 seconds.
They weren’t the right glasses.
For two days after, Payne saw a black spot, shaped like a crescent similar to the eclipse itself, in the center of her vision. Finally, she went to the emergency room and was referred to the New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai, where doctors performed a detailed scan of her retinas.
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Crescent in the retina... we sure she isn’t Linda saursour???
That day I kept taking my eclipse glasses off to look down for a while - once I didn’t look away soon enough and got a blast of the sun for a split second - I didn’t do that again! I could see the image in my eyes for maybe an hour then it went away.
Hey, we were warned over and over and over to have the proper viewing equipment for the eclipse.
I traveled almost 300 miles to be dead-center for it, a beautiful, clear as a bell morning.
And everyone who was there - EVERYONE!!! - had the proper eclipse glasses or lenses, whatever.
So I am sorry to hear this, but I’m not gonna cry in my beer for her!
I watched the full eclipse cycle on TV without any special glasses.........
Without a doubt I wa suggesting ...to have damaged retina from viewing the eclipse.
I watched it through my welding hood. Looked awesome
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Optical IQ test?
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Everyday’s an IQ test.
At least she has something to remember it by.
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A piece of white cardboard and a plate with a hole in it is all you need.
Just project the image onto the cardboard.
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For the rest of her life!
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Millions are smart enough to not stare at the sun so long that it burns an imprint on the retina.
Yes, she located herself in the middle of the left half of the bell curve. And you know what that means.
When we were little kids, my brother and I stared at the setting sun, to see who would blink first.
Gotcha beat. We drove 600 miles to dead center in totality zone. It was on a property owned by an organization we volunteer with. We ended up hosting 200 people at an eclipse party.
It was worth the effort.
Probably a typo. I do that all the time. My command of English grammar is excellent but sometimes gets jumbled between my brain and the keyboard. That's why it's so important to have a separate pair of eyes do the proofreading.
It appears in this case the author was undecided whether to say "to view the eclipse" or "a view of the eclipse". He may have written it one way in the rough draft and goofed when he changed it.
Stand under the shade of a tree and you can view hundreds of eclipse shadows on the ground.
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