Tex88
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Yes. Yes it would.Does anyone know if it's safe to look by using a mirror instead of looking directly at it? Could looking at it via the image in the mirror damage your eyes?
Yes. Yes it would.Does anyone know if it's safe to look by using a mirror instead of looking directly at it? Could looking at it via the image in the mirror damage your eyes?
I was just addressing snark before.No citatations, just what was being talked about at the time.
Have we become a nation of Pussies?
during the last eclipse, I used my welding hood, had a spare glass, 10 or 11 I think. Took the spare lens and doubled them together in the hood. Worked great.Owner uses his welding hood. His report is "No. 5 shade" is not quite strong enough (used normally in gas welding) and No. 11 shade is probably too strong (used normally for heavy electric arc welding) He seems to like No. 10 shade for looking at the sun.
Dobbin
Absolutely unsafe. Just as dangerous.Does anyone know if it's safe to look by using a mirror instead of looking directly at it? Could looking at it via the image in the mirror damage your eyes?
I’d have to agreeAbsolutely unsafe. Just as dangerous.
Owner uses his welding hood. His report is "No. 5 shade" is not quite strong enough (used normally in gas welding) and No. 11 shade is probably too strong (used normally for heavy electric arc welding) He seems to like No. 10 shade for looking at the sun.
Dobbin
I saw the one in 2017. With the cheap glasses before totality and without during totality. My vision is fine.Never view the sun directly with anything.
Don't Do It!
I would not recommend using a mirror, it would be the same as looking right at the sun. Unless you directed the reflected image onto a wall or something.Does anyone know if it's safe to look by using a mirror instead of looking directly at it? Could looking at it via the image in the mirror damage your eyes?
Using a small round mirror would be similar to a pinhole, easier to direct to a shaded surface. Either will give you bright spot in the shape of the eclipse.I would not recommend using a mirror, it would be the same as looking right at the sun. Unless you directed the reflected image onto a wall or something.
I saw the one in 2017. With the cheap glasses before totality and without during totality. My vision is fine.
No its not safe to do a mirror would be just as bright and cause eye damage.Does anyone know if it's safe to look by using a mirror instead of looking directly at it? Could looking at it via the image in the mirror damage your eyes?
Good! Then somebody tell Trump to make an announcement for people to not look at the sun with or without glasses. Let’s see the Democrats find all those ballots after that!There is no telling how many idiots will suffer eye damage from it.
The stupid is strong in our country these days.
In a word: yes…..Have we become a nation of Pussies?
Take a box. Medium sizeWhen I was a kid, the school had us make viewersas a craft before an eclipse. It was a way to view it without looking directly at the sun. I don't remember how to make them.
It looks like these glasses are just cheap sunglasses with specific tints to block the spectrum most likely to damage the eyes.
Don’t. That will hurt your retinaI'm just going with two layers of sunglasses.
We did too, anney. Do you or anyone here, remember how to make those "viewers"?We were taught in school to never look directly at an eclipse. We built the shoebox thing so we could see the shadow of it. The weather forecasters are now saying we could have heavy cloud cover that day.
BIG TIME! There's a reason a lot of welding shops have the walls painted flat black. You can get almost as much flash burn from the reflections as from looking at the actual welding or sun.Does anyone know if it's safe to look by using a mirror instead of looking directly at it? Could looking at it via the image in the mirror damage your eyes?
Thanks for the info. Unfortunately I didn't realize what a dumb question it was until after I had already posted it.BIG TIME! There's a reason a lot of welding shops have the walls painted flat black. You can get almost as much flash burn from the reflections as from looking at the actual welding or sun.
Sooner or later, some fool is going to find somewhere to buy the eyedrops that numb the pain of a flash burn, too. That's a BAD idea! You could drive a nail in your eye and not feel it until long after the damage is beyond repair! Being uncomfortable for a few days is much better than being blind for life.
You probably won't see anything with 2 stacked.I bought a couple of #12 welding lenses. According to NASA #12 or greater are needed. Two #12's stacked should do it. Then again, I might not be able to see anything.