Thanks for sharing your experience Bilko.
I know exactly what you mean about that glare, I mentioned a similar thing in some other thread awhile back.
I Sun Gaze during the midday when the Sun is at its brightest. I've realized that that GLARE that you mentioned only hurts when the EYES focus upon it, which is the initial 'reaction' or focul point It seems.
But when you PIERCE your vision through the glare and focus instead on the ORB of the SUN, which is dark and light all at once!
the glare is no longer has an effect.
It's like a screen on a window. When your near the window you can choose to focus on the screen, but when you switch your focus to an object outside... the screen becomes like the GLARE, invisible so to speak. I guess the Glare that we see would be caused from the reflection or refraction of the Atmostsphere, which would explain why it 'dissipates' when focused on a point farther away.
And btw I should mention that A LOT more care should be taken when gazing during Midday as apposed to the 'safe times', and if you live in a place where you get full Sun rises or Sun sets I wouldn't bother much with mid day gazing.
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Originally Posted by Bilko
Phtha
thanks for the reply, it makes sense.
I caught the sun today at work about 20 minutes before it set. I tried to look at it directly and met with some resistance. A reflex action perhaps to the initial glare. Then something wonderful happened. The glare dissipated and all that was left was a spinning ball of gold light with the brilliance of it's halo.
I wasn't sure what was going on at first, couldn't comprehend why it didn't hurt. i made a mental check on the condition of my eyes to see if they were ok whilst i fixed my gaze. I had to turn and continue my job after about 15 seconds but they were 15 seconds of bliss.
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