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It's like any other time you look at the sun. We all know it will damage your eyes if you do anything more than glance at it except when it is Very near the horizo, essentially touching it. . Nothing different about the eclipse. No risk no damage if the eclipse is total. But, since most people will want to see it as it approaches and leaves totality, it is the full blown sun, albeit only a piece of it, that you are still seeing . so precautions, in the form of glasses, are needed to protect your eyes. I imagine there were people in 1811 who damaged their eyes because of this

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