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Winter sun looks dark
Today, I watched the sun, and after 2-3 seconds it became dark with only sunlight on the edges of what it looked like solid dark body. I repeated this
and every time I get the same results.
I asked my father about this and he was not surprised at all. He said he knew about this phenomenon and that it can be seen every winter.
Why am I seeing this?
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Is this happening when you look at the sun directly? It is probably something similar to photokeratitus (snow blindness). You really shouldn't be
staring at the sun until it turns black though...
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afterimage
Your burning out the receptors in your eyes due to over exposure to light since it takes a finite amount of time for them to rebound after being
exposed to light. To long a period of time staring at bright light and you will loose the image you are looking at. Its not special to the winter sun
and odds are it has to do with the dimness of the wintersun which allows you to actually look at it long enough for this effect to happen.
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Yes, directly, with one eye or with both. The light goes off like a curtain from up to bottom every time in about 2-3 seconds once I start looking.
Once sun became dark I can look at it very long without having any problems or eye tensions. And the light on the edges start rolling randomly around
to left or right direction.
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Thanks Sedit.
I might apply some dark filters just to see if the effect is sustained.
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Do your eyes hurt at all? After looking at the sun.
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No, I do not feel pain or any problems with my eyes after looking at winter sun. Also never had any problems with my eyes or headache (including my
whole family).
I do not want anyone to try this, however, one should decide by himself. I know that UV is harmful to eyes, but I want to look at it, the stars and
the whole sky. And I will continue to do so.
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Iv been doing it my entire life since I was a kid so I know exactly what your talking about when it turns a purplish green color however since I got
older its become much harder to do because I just can't stare at the sun without it resulting in pain.
But yes, all it is is the photo receptors in your eyes getting fatigued.
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Cool, I'm going to try it...
Edit: At first it didn't work, my eyes just hurt a lot... but after I tried it a few times, I found I could look straight at the sun without my eyes
hurting at all. It wasn't black, more like blue-green, but not very bright.
[Edited on 29-1-2014 by Zyklonb]
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Thank you all for valuable info.
Zyklonb:
I saw it dark, not black but dark, like dimmed sun leaving only edges at full sunlight. But this curtain effect, did you see that also?
I'm living in Europe, and it is night now, so I can't go out and check colors again. Will do that as soon as possible.
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Right, it was Mailinmypocket who said black. I'm not sure about the 'curtain effect', I will look at it some more. Here on Pluto I can't see the sun
well now either, JK. I live in Texas and the sun should be visible for about 2-3 hours.
Edit: I still can't see the 'curtain effect', AFAIK, I get this sort of 'tunnel vision', thing The sun gets dark green, and all around it, is these
light waves, most are colorless, but some are light pink, I think. It's very hard to explain...
[Edited on 29-1-2014 by Zyklonb]
[Edited on 29-1-2014 by Zyklonb]
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I can't tell if this is trolls trolling trolls, or if you're really stupid enough to stare at the sun.<a
href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sungazing" target="_blank"> | Quote: | | The practice of sungazing is dangerous. Looking directly at the Sun for even brief periods of time may cause blindness or severe damage to the eye.
Solar retinopathy, damage to the eye’s retina due to solar radiation, and blindness to varying degrees and persistence frequently result from
sungazing during a solar eclipse. Although vision loss due to this damage is generally reversible, permanent damage and loss of vision have been
reported. Most eye care professionals advise patients to avoid looking directly at the sun. Exposure to ultraviolet radiation, produced by the sun, is
associated with damage to the eye, including pterygium and cataracts. <img src="../scipics/_wiki.png" /> |
</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photokeratitis" target="_blank">Photokeratitis</a> <img
src="../scipics/_wiki.png" />
<a href="http://gizmodo.com/5926497/what-happens-when-you-stare-at-the-sun" target="_blank">What Happens When You Stare Directly at the
Sun</a> <img src="../scipics/_ext.png" /> (Gizmodo)
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Exactly as bfesser said and also you aint gonna feel nything until its too late anyway.
So keep staring if yoi dont value your eyes. I do.
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Yeah, I was waiting for you guys. The high-priests who came to make people behave as they want them to, to scare them with some stupid examples.
Well, don't cross a road, you might get hit by a car!
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Well then enjoy the sight.
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That's...that's not really the same thing though...
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Quote: Originally posted by maxpayne  | Yeah, I was waiting for you guys. The high-priests who came to make people behave as they want them to, to scare them with some stupid examples.
Well, don't cross a road, you might get hit by a car! |
Hey- you want to burn your eyes out, go right ahead. Be a real rebel and use binoculars if that's your thing. Don't say we didn't warn you.
But rest assured that our objections have nothing to do with wanting to make people do what they are told.
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I was talking to short exposure, not more than few seconds just to check this effect.
If mods believe this thread could make damage to others, please delete it immediately. I already said that UV is harmful and I do not push anyone to
do it.
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| Quote: Originally posted by maxpayne | Yeah, I was waiting for you guys. The high-priests who came to make people behave as they want them to, to scare them with some stupid examples.
Well, don't cross a road, you might get hit by a car! |
By the time your late 30's to 40's roll around you will wish you had listened to bfesser. You will start noticing tiny moving dark things in your
vision, by your 50's they will be bad enough to make reading a book difficult, or at least very annoying. I know whereof I speak this is experience
not opinion. These 'floaters' will never go away, will continue to get worse with age. No cure. If the damage is bad enough blindness can result.
Floaters are tiny bits of what used to be rods, cones, various and sundry other pieces of what used to be your eye which were destroyed and now
forever float around interfering with vision. Few things cause this damage more rapidly than the sun (or infrared from other sources), and often with
no noticeable pain. However in a quarter century you will be unable to dismiss the fact of the harm you stupidly caused yourself.
I just love to quote a question from Geena Davis, "were you always this stupid or did you take lessons".
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@IrC, Are you saying that very short exposers (one time of looking at the sun for <15 seconds) can have such a drastic affect in your later years?
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i have done the same thing with the sun and have had welder's flash and plasma light got my peripheral. i would listen to bfesser this time too.
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Yes, I definitely won't be doing that ever again, I knew it was bad, but I had no idea that such permanent damage could be done in such a short period
of time...
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Looking at the sun is like looking at cleavage. You don't stare at it, it's too risky. You get a sense of it then you look away.
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This is an interesting effect but if you wish to view the sun just get a pair of welders glasses so you can just look at it directly and clearly.
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I don't think the affect would be the same, because it (the affect) is caused from burning out the receptors in your eyes due to over exposure to
light, so, if you use welding goggles, you won't burn out your receptors (as much) thus you wont notice anything happening. I think.
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