Sungazing

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A man with his back to the camera stares directly at a twilight sun.
A man sungazing
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Sungazing is the unsafe practice of looking directly at the

pterygium,[2] cataracts,[3] and potentially blindness.[4][5][6] Studies have shown that even when viewing a solar eclipse the eye can still be exposed to harmful levels of ultraviolet radiation.[7]

Movements

Referred to as sunning by

British Medical Journal reported in 1967 that "Bates (1920) advocated prolonged sun-gazing as the treatment of myopia, with disastrous results".[9]

See also

References

  1. ^ Liberatore, Paul (2009-09-30). "Mill Valley man's film on people who stare at the sun among featured at festival". Marin Independent Journal. Archived from the original on 2009-10-05. Retrieved 2009-10-17.
  2. PMID 16714259
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  3. S2CID 40041207
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  4. PMID 9805443
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  5. ^ D van Norren (October 1, 1991). "Photochemical Damage to the Eye". News Physiol Sci. 6 (6): 232–234. 1548-9213/91.
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  7. PMID 11419039
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  8. ^ Chou, Brian (15 September 2004). "Exposing the Secrets of Fringe Eye Care". Review of Optometry. 141 (9). Archived from the original on 13 December 2013. Retrieved 1 May 2011.
  9. PMID 6028468
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