"10-Second Gaze at 2017 Eclipse Causes Irreversible Eye Damage"
A Brooklyn woman suffered irreversible eye damage, including a blind spot in the middle of her left iris, after staring at the 2017 solar eclipse for just 10 seconds without proper eye protection. Bridget Kyeremateng, 29, experienced distortion to her vision and slow 20/20 vision as a result of the sun damage, along with headaches, migraines, and an astigmatism. She now warns others to take necessary precautions to protect their eyes and not to view the eclipse without proper eyewear, emphasizing that the irreversible eye damage is not worth the curiosity of witnessing the spectacle.