Oh shit. I looked at the eclipse, I couldn't help myself. Will I go blind?

[Jaccuse]

Even though it was very briefly. And cloudy??

Are you being serious??

Yes.

hypochondriac much?

I looked too! I'm such an idiot. I'm sure we'll be fine though.

You could see it through the clouds.

And yes am a hypochondriac...

Can you see Mumsnet?

If the answer is no, then you're probably blind.

I read the damage doesn't show for 48 hrs.

Thanks amy83

I think you'll be fine.

(Although Mrsmorton did make me laugh a little. Sorry)

I daren't open the curtains as I know I'll look at it. Like when you tell a child not to touch something hot as it will hurt them.

I've now read sth else which says it takes a couple of hours for any damage to show.

I should prob just stop googling. Google is not the hypochondriac's friend.

Yes Mrs M made me snort. I'm aware I'm possibly being quite ridiculous.

That was exactly it BabyOnBoob

Yes. In fact you are probably already blind.

Yes you will go blind, there will be an epidemic of blind people!

There will be an epidemic of blind people ... and then the plants will go on the rampage!

Ah.

I looked too. Now my eyes don't feel the same. Help!

I have been viewing it in every way possible (bits of paper, bucket of water, trying to get a good look thorugh exactly the right amount of passing cloud cover) and have possibly damaged my eyes a leetle bit. I can still see a few eclipse-shaped blobs.

Worth it!

(I'm getting old anyway! Who need eyesight!)

All these blind people and now rampaging plants!! Are you sure it was the apocalypse you saw?

i looked at it and now my eyes really hurt.

I looked at the last one a bit, through cloud (couldn't get hold of any glasses). I didn't go blind.

We had thick cloud this time and I couldn't see anything at all, it just looked like it was going to rain

That must be it. I've accidentally fallen into a John Wydham novel - all makes sense now :)

This seems to suggest that you will be OK though it isn't a great idea to do this as you can cause damage if you look for too long

www.livescience.com/20433-solar-eclipse-blind.html