Unless it was an annular eclipse, or it was a total eclipse and they weren’t in the path of totality. Then this is all they would see. Regardless without eclipse glasses you shouldn’t look at either eclipse at all.
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Akasazh@feddit.nl 6 days ago
It’s uncanny and special for someone to be looking the other way during an eclipse.
It’s so short and a rare enough even that would make earth a tourist hotspot for extraterrestrials if there ever was interplanetary tourism.
InputZero@lemmy.world 6 days ago
Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 6 days ago
You can glance at the sun but don’t stare at it. Even when it’s only 1% visible, it’s putting out enough light to strain or damage your eyes.
Though it’s fine to look at the eclipse with naked eyes when it’s total. You can’t really see the cool effect surrounding the moon during totality with the eclipse glasses on because it’s way dimmer than the sun usually is.
Your eyes will tell you if it’s safe to look. If it’s uncomfortably bright, then you shouldn’t power through that discomfort (and that applies to things other than the sun). If it feels like looking at anything else, then it’s probably fine.
Akasazh@feddit.nl 6 days ago
I witnessed a partial one, with eclipse glasses. Still I didn’t have the time or observational talent to notice the effect on the shadows
Hathaway@lemmy.zip 6 days ago
Or they had a camera recording.
gmtom@lemmy.world 6 days ago
You only see this during the partial stage of the eclipse, not during totality, which can last a long time.
Akasazh@feddit.nl 6 days ago
I witnessed a partial eclipse, didn’t notice the shadow effect. I might pay attention next time…
Trainguyrom@reddthat.com 6 days ago
During the two minutes of totality I tried really hard to take in as much as I possibly could. The light was very weird the entire time and because I wasn’t looking at the sun and moon when it happened, I saw the weird wavey shadow things as totality ended. Absolutely incredible experience and I highly recommend everyone experience it at least once in their life!