Who peeked?

[youalright]

Admit it who peeked, can't of just been me 🤣🤣🤣

This was all we could see there were lower dark clouds and then thick upper clouds covering the sun the whole time.

I didn't peek, and without any special glasses I couldn't see much happening either. Odd, really. I go for a walk about that time most evenings, if it's not too hot, and while I avoid looking directly at the sun, I don't normally worry about it. Now I've got a psychosomatic headache and I swear my bloody eyelashes are sweating. Nothing to do with the stupidly hot day we've had here.

I loved it. Fair number of people where I was who passed round glasses for those without them. One person had brought a colander with them and there were several pinhole cameras. There was a nice atmosphere and all very friendly

I had some glasses, which I’m very worried weren’t strong enough. Took this photo through the glasses though

@JohnBullshit Yeah I'm sure I have a weird sensation in my left eye, never mind that I have chronic migraine and this is the norm for me!

We used this same screen in 1999 and are fine thanks. My DH was a welder, and this screen more than meets the necessary standards for safe viewing.

I was so hoping to hear about your health problems.

They were making the valid point that anyone would need to be a complete moron to risk their eyesight through their own stupidity

disappointing tbh

Same here weird sensation in my eye 😬

Yup

now Shitting myself I’ll be blind by am and Triffids will get me

The Triffids will be here any minute.

great minds!

😁

How did you get all the way through typing that and pressing post without wishing you were a different sort of person.

I just read an American article saying that remarkably few people get retina damage after an eclipse which is good as I peeked, too

Fingers crossed for everyone, check in tomorrow and let me know if you're all still ok!

DH took photos

Serious question - is the damage immediate or does it show up in the future?

I peaked by accident when my solar glasses fell off. I was wearing them over my prescription sunglasses but even then, I had flashing lights when I closed my eyes afterwards. They feel sore now but I'm very tired and my eyes often get sore in bright light.

I just looked at the sky - not even in the direction of the sun - as I closed the curtains and my eyes hurt!

It’s certainly not recommended!

I'm glad you said this, my neighbour lent me one and I was panicking for a while reading some of the other comments.

I only looked for a couple of seconds and I also had sunglasses on so I think I'd be very unlucky if there was any damage.

🤣🤣🤣 how long you grounded for

You'll be fine. Lots of negativity on here. We checked the level of protection and it was perfectly safe.

Luckily when Triffids do come my barky BT will alert me to their presence. Maybe I can chuck the colander ( which carried for 15 minutes each way to our local hill but didn’t have a bloody clue what to do with when I got there so looked a bit daft) in the general direction of their shuffle and I’ll be ok.