My ten years old got into soccer recently and he’s getting good at it, except, he has this paranoia that he’ll get blind (or will have severe eye damage) if he traces the ball through the air against a sunny backdrop. Because of this he won’t practice in the evening and this is when most training happens.
We had an eclipse recently and I think he took the “don’t look at the sun” mantra way too far and I don’t know how to undo that.
Please help!!!
In: Physics
here is a scientific sounding answer you can tell him that should help him.
When the sun is lower in the sky, it passes through more of the atmosphere (more of the air) which is why it turns an orange and red color. At these times it is safe to look at the sun for a few seconds or to see the sun out of the side of your eye because that red and orange light is less intense and less damaging to our eyes.
This is also why it is safe to watch a sunset.
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