Why are sun rays more harmful during a solar eclipse for pregnant women?

Answer 1

Your eyes are at risk during a solar eclipse. You can burn your retinas at the back of your eyes. If you're looking at the sun normally, your pupils will contract and only allow a little bit of light in. Less radiation gets to your retinas. The intensity of the sun's light usually prevents you from looking at it directly anyway. During an eclipse, the direct sunlight is blocked by the moon, but not all of the radiation. Your pupils dilate because it gets darker, and strong radiation that does not affect the pupils is allowed to penetrate to the back of the eye. Therefore, never look directly at the sun during an eclipse. The safest methods are to use a pinhole projection onto a flat surface, or to use a certified filter made for the purpose of solar observations.

Answer 2

There are no rays shining that are unique to the solar eclipse. The same rays shine down any time

the sun is in the sky.

The thing that's different about an eclipse is that it arouses curiosity, and people who know better

are tempted to stand there and stare at the sun, which is a stupid and dangerous thing to do.

That's why you always hear extra caution warnings when an eclipse is coming.

Answer 3

This is completely false. There is nothing special about pregnancy and eclipses. The only special precaution about a solar eclipse is the most obvious one, and it applies to everybody, men or women; DO NOT LOOK DIRECTLY AT THE SUN. DURING AN ECLIPSE OR OTHERWISE. To safely see the solar eclipse, build an indirect eclipse viewer by following the instructions at the link below.