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Hi Sherman & All,
Is this perhaps because the iris adjusts somewhat to average light
intensity and is consequently dangerously open with respect the bright
arc of the nearly covered sun ?
Yt, DW
Sherman Williams wrote:
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> THE BIG DANGER is just before and just after totality, when the Sun
> not fully covered by the Moon. In those moments sunlight coming from
> the uncovered edges appears to be dim enough that it would not seem to
> be harmful, however, in a few moments of direct gazing at any
> uncovered portion of sun can deliver enough INFARED TO DO DAMAGE to
> the retina. The MOST DANGEROUS TIME to gaze at the Sun would be any
> normal sunny day, especially at noon when we are receiving its most
> potent rays (radiation).
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> Sherman
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> Sherman Williams
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