The first, in the journal JAMA Ophthalmology, is a patient who looked at the August 2017 eclipse without proper eye protection. She then borrowed some glasses that she thought were protective—it turned out they were not—and looked at the eclipse for another 15-20 seconds. Part of her visual field also became distorted, which included a persistent black crescent-shaped spot, mostly in her left eye. It turned out that both the patient's drawing and her retina looked a lot like the eclipse. Seeing an eclipse and getting the perfect tan aren’t worth risking the permanent damage that both can bring.

Source: Forbes December 08, 2017 18:11 UTC