{"id":30537,"date":"2026-08-13T15:45:58","date_gmt":"2026-08-13T15:45:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/futureknowledge.in\/?p=30537"},"modified":"2026-08-13T15:45:58","modified_gmt":"2026-08-13T15:45:58","slug":"did-the-eclipse-damage-your-eyes-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/futureknowledge.in\/?p=30537","title":{"rendered":"Did the eclipse damage your eyes?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>An eye surgeon says that fewer people have been seeking treatment for eye damage than after the UK&#039;s last total solar eclipse in 1999.<\/p>\n<p>Millions across the UK on Wednesday witnessed the most significant solar eclipse in 27 years &#8211; which saw more than 90% of the Sun covered by the Moon.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to the BBC, Mr Alexander Ionides from Moorfield Eye Hospital said hospitals were &quot;inundated&quot; with worried patients in 1999, but said it seemed warnings about looking directly at the sun with the naked eye were &quot;getting through&quot;.<\/p>\n<p>He added that symptoms of eye damage can include a spot in the centre of your vision, which may appear grey or yellow. Symptoms can develop within hours, but sometimes take days to develop.<\/p>\n<p><em>Source: <a href='https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/videos\/cy452z5j1x1o?at_medium=RSS&#038;at_campaign=rss' target='_blank'>Read the original article on www.bbc.co.uk<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An eye surgeon says that fewer people have been seeking treatment for eye damage than after the UK&#039;s last total solar eclipse in 1999. Millions across the UK on Wednesday witnessed the most significant solar eclipse in 27 years &#8211; which saw more than 90% of the Sun covered by the Moon. Speaking to the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":30538,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37,3],"tags":[68,29,33],"class_list":["post-30537","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-commodities","category-technology","tag-impact-sol","tag-signal-avoid","tag-stage-stage-4"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/futureknowledge.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30537","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/futureknowledge.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/futureknowledge.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/futureknowledge.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/futureknowledge.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=30537"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/futureknowledge.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30537\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/futureknowledge.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/30538"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/futureknowledge.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=30537"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/futureknowledge.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=30537"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/futureknowledge.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=30537"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}