r/BeAmazed • u/Dexter_Naman • 1d ago

Nature Rare devil sunrise appears in multiple countries across earth

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u/mongoosekiller 1d ago

Is it bad for eyesight?

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u/csspar 1d ago

No better or worse than staring at the sun under normal circumstances. So yeah, bad.

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u/xSTSxZerglingOne 1d ago

Well, not actually true. Sunrise and sunset shift the spectrum of the sun toward red because it has to travel through like 20-30km more of troposphere. Add onto that the fact a large portion of the full disk is often obscured by the horizon, and the amount of damaging UV light and total light reaching your eyes is much, much lower than usual.

It's still not advisable to look or stare at the sun, it's still bad. But sunrise and sunset are definitely safer than say, mid-day.

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u/csspar 1d ago

My response to another reply:

True. But I'm not gonna risk saying that to someone who's asking if looking at the sun is bad or not.

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u/xSTSxZerglingOne 1d ago

Haha, a fair point.