Did the eclipse damage your eyes?
An eye surgeon says that fewer people have been seeking treatment for eye damage than after the UK's last total solar eclipse in 1999.
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"it seemed warnings about looking directly at the sun with the naked eye were 'getting through.'"
— Mr Alexander Ionides , Academic
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An eye surgeon says that fewer people have been seeking treatment for eye damage than after the UK's last total solar eclipse in 1999.
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