Medical alert about the risk of irreversible eye injuries from looking at the eclipse without protection
On the upcoming August 12th, the first total eclipse visible from the Iberian Peninsula in the last hundred years will take place. For weeks, Sanitat has been emphasizing — through statements, advertisements, and press conferences — the importance of protecting the eyes during the observation of this astronomical phenomenon. Although the totality phase of the eclipse in Catalonia will last barely between 28 seconds and 1 minute and 32 seconds, the Govern — as well as the different autonomous communities and the Ministry of Health — expect great social anticipation, especially concentrated in the areas where the eclipse can be observed in totality, that is, in areas of Camp de Tarragona and Lleida.