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Today starting from 6:14 A.M until 12:26 P.M it is extremely important not to look at the sun. This is because Venus will pass across the sun and it will prevent a small portion of sun rays from reaching earth. This phenomenon hadn't happened in 122 years. This phenomenon can be observed in The Middle East, Europe, Asia,Africa, and some parts of America, while it can not be observed in South America or Australlia.And the experts are warning from looking at the sun since the passage of Venus will not change the intensity of the light and therefore the rays will affect the eye,as looking directly at the sun damages the tissues of the eye retina and leads to chemical changes and the aglutenation of the proteins in the vitreous with the possiblity of the occurance of concentrated shading in the vision region and changing of colours and shapes of objects and slight weakness in the eye sight.
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Microchips wrote:
> It's a risk the whole time.
>
> Just because Venus is passing between us and the Sun doesn't make the
> sun stronger/weaker.
>
> There's just an increased chance of people looking at the sun, that's
> all.
Actually the risk is increased. You see, if you were looking at the sun in a pure form, your eye iris is narrowed, and it tends to decrease the intensity of the light entering your eye, while when there is an object between you and the sun, the intensity of the rays received by your eye is decreased, so your eye iris won't decrease the intensity as much as it does when looking at the sun normally, but yet the ultra violet rays are sent by the sun, and they will enter your eye in greater quantities. That's why looking at a perfect solar eclipse for a certain period of time causes complete blindness, and I was told a story about a king of an African country who died in the Medeieval ages because he looked at the solar eclipse for six minutes. Offcourse the phenomenon which occurs today isn't as dangerous as a solar eclipse where the moon, earth, and sun are in a straight line, but this one is still dangerous.
> It's a risk the whole time.
>
> Just because Venus is passing between us and the Sun doesn't make the
> sun stronger/weaker.
>
> There's just an increased chance of people looking at the sun, that's
> all.
Actually the risk is increased. You see, if you were looking at the sun in a pure form, your eye iris is narrowed, and it tends to decrease the intensity of the light entering your eye, while when there is an object between you and the sun, the intensity of the rays received by your eye is decreased, so your eye iris won't decrease the intensity as much as it does when looking at the sun normally, but yet the ultra violet rays are sent by the sun, and they will enter your eye in greater quantities. That's why looking at a perfect solar eclipse for a certain period of time causes complete blindness, and I was told a story about a king of an African country who died in the Medeieval ages because he looked at the solar eclipse for six minutes. Offcourse the phenomenon which occurs today isn't as dangerous as a solar eclipse where the moon, earth, and sun are in a straight line, but this one is still dangerous.
When I used to live in Cheshire, I remember seeing Haile Bopp.
Good times.
Good times.
At his age he probably just wets them anyway...
Where I am, it looks quite sunny- no chance of seeing this without completely blinding myself, then. We've had a lot of things happen up there in the last few years- Haile Bopp, the eclipse, and now this. Patrick Moore must be wetting his pants with joy. =D
Stridman wrote:
> Where I am the sun is scorching, Bullett you must live far up north
> then if yu cant see the sun.
Yeh, Ahm fram oop Norf laddeh.
Leeds, to be precise, but I work in Halifax - just East with a little bit of South.
Bloody Dull up here.
> Where I am the sun is scorching, Bullett you must live far up north
> then if yu cant see the sun.
Yeh, Ahm fram oop Norf laddeh.
Leeds, to be precise, but I work in Halifax - just East with a little bit of South.
Bloody Dull up here.
Microchips wrote:
> There's just an increased chance of people looking at the sun, that's
> all.
Exactly.
> There's just an increased chance of people looking at the sun, that's
> all.
Exactly.
Heh, I didn't even know it was passing :D
I doubt I'll have chance to look anyway. By the time it comes out, I'll be stuck in a meeting room until 13:30 :(
I doubt I'll have chance to look anyway. By the time it comes out, I'll be stuck in a meeting room until 13:30 :(
Heh, your Cuzack aren't you.
Anyways it dont mater if you are or not.
Where I am the sun is scorching, Bullett you must live far up north then if yu cant see the sun.
I live in the South East and I can tell the weathers gonna be great for as good game of footie at school.
Yipee!
Anyways it dont mater if you are or not.
Where I am the sun is scorching, Bullett you must live far up north then if yu cant see the sun.
I live in the South East and I can tell the weathers gonna be great for as good game of footie at school.
Yipee!
It's a risk the whole time.
Just because Venus is passing between us and the Sun doesn't make the sun stronger/weaker.
There's just an increased chance of people looking at the sun, that's all.
Just because Venus is passing between us and the Sun doesn't make the sun stronger/weaker.
There's just an increased chance of people looking at the sun, that's all.
It's just a risk, but it's still a risk, and it's better to be careful.
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