Looking directly at God would...
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Looking directly at God would have meant certain death for Moses. Looking directly or indirectly at the sun can mean blindness. This is a particular danger in times of solar eclipses. Many people foolishly believe that when the moon mostly hides the sun, they can safely look at it. Don't.
God doesn't extend his hand to protect us from the sun, but there are ways in which we still can view the sun safely. Solar filters, which block the sun's harmful infrared rays, are the best. Alternatives to solar filters are number fourteen welder's glass, aluminized Mylar plastic designed especially for solar observation, and surprisingly enough, fully exposed and fully developed black-and-white photographic film which contains a silver emulsion. We can also view the sun through a pinhole projector, which casts the image of the sun onto screen or a piece of paper. (To get instructions for a simple pinhole projector, go to www.explorium.ecdu/eclipse/how.html.)
But as Moses couldn't look directly into God's face, neither can we look directly into the sun without serious consequences.
God doesn't extend his hand to protect us from the sun, but there are ways in which we still can view the sun safely. Solar filters, which block the sun's harmful infrared rays, are the best. Alternatives to solar filters are number fourteen welder's glass, aluminized Mylar plastic designed especially for solar observation, and surprisingly enough, fully exposed and fully developed black-and-white photographic film which contains a silver emulsion. We can also view the sun through a pinhole projector, which casts the image of the sun onto screen or a piece of paper. (To get instructions for a simple pinhole projector, go to www.explorium.ecdu/eclipse/how.html.)
But as Moses couldn't look directly into God's face, neither can we look directly into the sun without serious consequences.
