[IL-Talk] Eclipse is anyone going to watch?

[Glenn III]

Only if your dog were staring at it more than he or she would normally look
at the sun.
The risk is that while much darker than normal, there's still light from
the sun's corona that extends further out and isn't obstructed by the moon
(also, I think the ultraviolet corona extends further than the visible
corona so even more uv light isn't blocked. It's certainly not more harmful
than staring at the normal sun but it's people's altered behavior to stare
up at an eclipse. Since we're all equally blind to UV light, sighted people
might not realize it's still brighter than it seems.

By the way, Patti, If I can get a cheap bus ticket, I might take a trip to
Indianapolis for the eclipse. I've seen one before in Columbia, MO. It did
indeed  get dark like twilight, animals either got quiet or came out like
it was nighttime and it gets noticibly cooler for a few minutes.
Unfortunately in Chicago, there may be no noticibly changes. The strength
of the shadow of totality is concentrated in a small area of land and if
you'reeven maybe a hundred miles from totality, there would be no dimming
at all.

-Glenn III

On Tue, Mar 26, 2024, 7:24 AM Leslie Hamric via IL-Talk <il-talk at nfbnet.org>
wrote:

> I just thought of this, but could it damage my guide dogs eyes too?
> Leslie Hamric
> Cello and Braille Music Teacher
>
> > On Mar 26, 2024, at 6:41 AM, Robert Hansen via IL-Talk <
> il-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> >
> > Be careful with that even though you may have total blindness or limited
> > visual acuity or light perception that can damage your eyes. I probably
> > won't be watching that thing. I'll be indoors in some classroom. But just
> > be careful that stuff. That's what they say. I know it might be kind of
> fun
> > to look at but you know it's also very dangerous to expose your self
> > because the sun reflects off of the moon or some thing like that. And
> they
> > say that it's not good to look at that directly.
> >
> > Robert Hansen
> > hansen.robert70 at gmail.com
> >
> >
> >> On Mon, Mar 25, 2024, 6:26 PM Leslie Hamric via IL-Talk <
> il-talk at nfbnet.org>
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >> I'm watching from my own patio. Last time, I was outside on the patio
> with
> >> my dog and all of a sudden everything got quiet. The bugs stopped
> buzzing
> >> and the bird stopped singing and my dog just laid down. It sounded as
> if it
> >> was nighttime.
> >> Leslie Hamric
> >> Cello and Braille Music Teacher
> >>
> >>> On Mar 25, 2024, at 12:35 PM, pattischang--- via IL-Talk <
> >> il-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> Pls let me know.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Patti Chang
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