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You’re allowed to make direct eye contact with the sky orb if you want to, nobody will stop you.
102 0 ReplyYep.
IIRC: An early (pre-telescope) astronomer did for tens of minutes at a time to document sun spots, but it took weeks for his sight to return and it was likely permanently damaged because of it.
37 0 ReplySheesh, and all he had to do was invent cameras to spare his eyes. For shame.
11 1 ReplyHe only really needed to invent basic office supplies:
https://www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/box-pinhole-projector.html4 0 Reply
Look into the orb long enough, and the orb will graciously unburden you from sight, because you have done all the seeing. Very efficient.
14 0 ReplyAt least once.
9 0 ReplyScience tells you otherwise though! coincidence?
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