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05-08-2016, 06:10 AM
Ever wondered why you shouldn't look directly at the sun? This is why.
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Warning: Video contains graphic imagery.
Remember how your mother warned*you never to look directly at the sun? Turns out, she was 101 percent correct.
On May 9, an astro**mical event that only takes place around 13 times a century (http://mashable.com/2016/05/03/transit-of-mercury-sun/) will occur: The planet Mercury will travel between the Earth and the sun.
Spectacular phe**mena like this often encourage amateur astro**mers to break out their dusty telescopes and take a peek. Inevitably, someone will forget just how bad an idea it is to look straight at the sun, whether through the naked eye or a telescope.
That's why Mark Thompson (http://www.markthompsonastro**my.com/), a British*astro**mer and author, has put out a very graphic public service an**uncement. In the video, he exposes a pig's eye to sunlight through the eye piece of a telescope. By the time it starts smoking, as the sun quickly burns a hole through the cornea, you should have learned your lesson. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/05/07/sun-telescope-pigs-eye/)
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Warning: Video contains graphic imagery.
Remember how your mother warned*you never to look directly at the sun? Turns out, she was 101 percent correct.
On May 9, an astro**mical event that only takes place around 13 times a century (http://mashable.com/2016/05/03/transit-of-mercury-sun/) will occur: The planet Mercury will travel between the Earth and the sun.
Spectacular phe**mena like this often encourage amateur astro**mers to break out their dusty telescopes and take a peek. Inevitably, someone will forget just how bad an idea it is to look straight at the sun, whether through the naked eye or a telescope.
That's why Mark Thompson (http://www.markthompsonastro**my.com/), a British*astro**mer and author, has put out a very graphic public service an**uncement. In the video, he exposes a pig's eye to sunlight through the eye piece of a telescope. By the time it starts smoking, as the sun quickly burns a hole through the cornea, you should have learned your lesson. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/05/07/sun-telescope-pigs-eye/)
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