Solar eclipse is just moon coming between sun and earth and its shadow getting cast on earth. Since the sun rays are getting blocked due to the moon, shouldn’t it actually be safer to view it directly as compared to normal sun?
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Everyome here is missing the actual reason (unless someone has said this and i havent seen it). When you look at the sun, you go “ow oof ouch thats bright better look away”, but when there is an eclipse, the bright light that would make you look away is gone, but the DAMAGING ultraviolet rays are still there, except there is now no longer any bright light to encourage you to squint or look away. You are burning off the cells in your retina without even knowing. The only time it is completely safe to look is during the peak, when the entirety of the sun is blocked out, including the UV rays.
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